And if so, how do they label headphones, contact lenses etc?

  • Deebster@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Levantine Arabic says shamal شمال but that’s might be too slangy for labelling.

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      Only Levantine? Al Qur’an seems to prefer شمال for left so I thought that’s what will be in MSA. I have never heard يسار for left before.

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        I don’t know, to be honest - I’m no expert, I just learnt some Arabic whilst living in Jordan.