| ereb Šamši | Akkadian | west |
| 〈rabû〉 ŠU₂ ‘west’ | Akkadian | west , setting , last appearance |
| 〈amurru〉 MAR ‘west’ | Akkadian | west , west wind |
| 〈δύσις〉 dusis ‘setting’ | Greek | setting , west |
| 〈δυσμή〉 dusmē ‘setting’ | Greek | setting , west |
| 〈מְבוֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ〉 məb̲ôʾ haššemeš ‘west’ | Hebrew | west |
| 〈מַעֲרָב〉 maʿărāb̲ ‘west’ | Hebrew | west |
| 〈אָחוֹר〉 ʾāḥôr ‘west’ | Hebrew | west |
| 〈יָם〉 yām ‘west’ | Hebrew | west |
| 〈occidens〉 ‘west’ | Latin | west |
| 〈ortus〉 ‘rising’ | Latin | rising , ascendant , sunrise , heliacal rising , east |
| 〈occasus〉 ‘setting’ | Latin | descendant , setting , opposite of a degree , west |