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Etymology 1
From, , , , , from , , attested in 🇨🇬, from , from (compare dialectal 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), from ,. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, , 🇨🇬, dialectal 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
 * 2)  Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's left when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the north bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥲ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the left side of the river.
 * 3)  Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.
 * 1)  Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's left when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the north bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥲ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the left side of the river.
 * 2)  Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.
 * 1)  Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.
 * 1)  Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.

Derived terms
left direction:

left-wing (politics):

Adverb

 * 1) On the left side.
 * 2) Towards the left side.
 * 3) Towards the political left.
 * 1) Towards the political left.
 * 1) Towards the political left.
 * 1) Towards the political left.

Noun

 * 1) The left side or direction.
 * 2)  The left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group.
 * 3) The left hand or fist.
 * 4)  A punch delivered with the left fist.
 * 5)  A wave breaking from left to right (viewed from the shore).
 * 1)  A punch delivered with the left fist.
 * 2)  A wave breaking from left to right (viewed from the shore).
 * 1)  A wave breaking from left to right (viewed from the shore).

Etymology 2
From, variant of , from , past participle of. More at leave.

Etymology 3
From, , , from , , past participle of , , equivalent to.

Etymology
From, from.

Adjective

 * 1) left