The origin of the word "left" and "right" in Arabic?

Question

You might have noticed, that in the Arabic language, the word "left" is metaphorically used for something bad or impure. And the other way around for the word "right".The word right:>69:19 - 69:21>So as for he who is given his record in his **right** hand, he will say, "Here, read my record!>Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account.">So he will be in a pleasant life -And the word left:> 69:25> But as for he who is given his record in his **left** hand, he will say, "Oh, I wish I had not been given my recordNow there are plenty of examples in the Quran mentioning this. It's also mentioned in the Hadiths. For instance, there are the hadiths one sleeping on the right side as a good Sunnah, and also eating with the right hand.Eating with the right hand is more focused on because, the left hand is used for more impure actions, therefore the right hand is more pure to eat with.If we look at other languages we will also find out that the same concept is used, and it's a rather old concept.**What I wonder is, where the origin of the concept of these words has come from?** Somehow the human derived to believe that the right is good and the left is bad, while these are just words we define and understand in our way of life.The question might be more a question of language and not of religion. But the words are surely used in the Arabic language, thus in the Quran.It might be that nobody really have a real answer on the question.*Also, it is known that the majority of the people are right handed. This has sometimes been the argument of why "right" is considered to be good. But it's not possible to know if the majority of the people really was right handed BEFORE the concept of that right meant something good. So the argument is not truly valid.

Answer 1

The word "right" has the meaning of "being in the right". I know for sure that Near Eastern societies spoke of someone siting on "my righ side" as "sitting in a place of strength". "He is my right hand" as being "my representative".

I know the issue goes beyond our modern time. However, the House of Commons in England has given us also this idea of "right" and "left" because opposing parties sit on the right and the left in front of each other, hence the idea of "leftist" in English.

I would love to know what others think as well.

I hope this helps!