aback

Etymology 1
From, from , equivalent to. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 idem..

Adverb

 * 1)  Towards the back or rear; backwards.
 * 2)  In the rear; a distance behind.
 * 3) By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage)
 * 4)  Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way.
 * 1) By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage)
 * 2)  Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way.
 * 1)  Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way.
 * 1)  Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way.

Usage notes

 * Preceded by a form of the word take, see take aback.

Translations

 * Afan Oromo:, ,
 * Arabic: إِلَى اَلْخَلْف
 * Bengali: পেছন দিকে,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: baglæns
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: malantaŭen
 * Estonian:, tagaspidi, tagurpidi
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: προς τα πίσω
 * Hindi: पीछ॓ की ओर, बोचक्क
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: جاخوردن,, غافلگیرشدن
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, para trás
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: air ais
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: у̀наза̄д, на̏за̄д, на̏тра̄г
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovak: naspäť
 * Spanish:, hacia atrás
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: వెనక్కి
 * Turkish: geriye
 * Ukrainian: наза́д


 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: bagi, bagved
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: malantaŭe
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:, di dietro
 * Manx: cooyl, çheu choylloo
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish: där bak
 * Ukrainian: поза́ду, зза́ду
 * Vietnamese:, lùi lại, phía sau,  phía sau


 * Dutch:, met een kopwind
 * Esperanto: malantaŭa
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: προς τα πίσω
 * Italian: a collo
 * Manx: ergooyl
 * Maori: kōpio
 * Polish: bieg wsteczny
 * Russian: про́тив ве́тра
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: pupada
 * Vietnamese:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Indonesian:
 * Korean:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Romanian:
 * Slovene:
 * Turkish:, ,

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1)  An inscribed stone square.

Etymology
From, from , equivalent to.

Adverb

 * 1) behind, in the rear
 * 2) away, aloof, off
 * 3) since, ago