straight · direct; straight · right (dexter, opposite of left)
zıt: کج, چپ, دروغ
köken: From Middle Persian rāst, from Old Persian 𐎼𐎠𐎿𐎫 (rāsta, “right”), from Proto-Iranian *Hraštáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hraštás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“having moved in a straight line”), from *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct”). Cognate with English right.
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese certo, from Latin certus (“certain”), past participle of cernō (“to sift; to discern”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to move; to separate”).
köken: Japanese phrasebook This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness. /sau/ → /sɔː/ → /soː/
right (opposite of left; on the east side when facing north) · right-wing
çekim: çoğul högrar · tamlayan högers
zıt: vänster
köken: From Old Norse hǿgri, comparative of hǿgr (“easy, convenient”), from Proto-Germanic *hōgiz (“skilled”). Cognate with Icelandic hægri, Danish højre and Norwegian høyre.
very, rather, quite · exactly, precisely, just · completely, totally
köken: From Proto-Finnic *aivan (an instructive singular, compare ihan), probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas, or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (“long time”). Cognate with Votic aiva (“always”) and Estonian aiva (“always”).
köken: cánh (“wing”) + Sino-Vietnamese word from 右 (“right”), a calque of English right-wing.
Etimoloji
From recht (“correct”, obsolete sense) + -s (adverbial suffix). Just as in English, the sense “on the right-hand side” developed from the idea that since most people are right-handed, that is the ‘correct’ side.