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left
  چپ   
cap (#)

Fr.: gauche   

Of, pertaining to, or located on or toward the west when somebody or something is facing north. Opposite of → right.

M.E. left, lift, luft, O.E. left, lyft- "weak, idle," cf. Ger. link, Du. linker "left," from O.H.G. slinc, M.Du. slink "left," Swed. linka "limp," slinka "dangle."

Cap "left," from unknown origin.

left-hand rule
  رزن ِ دست ِ چپ   
razan-e dast-e cap

Fr.: règle de la main gauche   

See → Fleming's rules.

left; → hand; → rule.

left-handed
  چپال، چپدست   
capâl (#) , capdast (#)

Fr.: gaucher   

Using the left hand with greater ease than the right.

left; → hand + -ed.

Capâl, from cap, → left, + -al, → -al. Capdast, with dast, → hand.