Meanings
nounOriental studies (uncountable)
- uncountablehumanitiesAn academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people
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Translations
Arabic اِسْتِشْراق
- اِسْتِشْراق (istišrāq)an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
Chinese Mandarin 東方學 /东方学, 東方研究 /东方研究
- 東方學 /东方学 (dōngfāngxué)an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
- 東方研究 /东方研究 (dōngfāng yánjiū)an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
Czech orientalistika
- orientalistikaan academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
Dutch oriëntalistiek
- oriëntalistiekan academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
Finnish orientalistiikka, itämaiden tutkimus
- orientalistiikkaan academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
- itämaiden tutkimusan academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
French orientalisme, orientologie
- orientalismean academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
- orientologiean academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
- orientalistiquean academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
German Orientalistik
- Orientalistikan academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
Hungarian orientalisztika
- orientalisztikaan academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
Japanese 東洋学, 東方学
- 東洋学 (tōyōgaku)an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
- 東方学 (tōhōgaku)an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
- アジア学 (ajiagaku)an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
Korean 동양학
- 동양학 (dong'yanghak)an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
Persian شرقشناسی
- شرقشناسی (šarq-šenâsi)an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
Polish orientalistyka
- orientalistykaan academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
Russian востокове́дение, ориентали́стика
- востокове́дение (vostokovédenije)an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
- ориентали́стика (orijentalístika)an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
Swedish orientalistik, mellanösternstudier
- orientalistikan academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
- mellanösternstudieran academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
Ukrainian сходозна́вство, східнозна́вство
- сходозна́вство (sxodoznávstvo)an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
- східнозна́вство (sxidnoznávstvo)an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
- орієнталі́стика (orijentalístyka)an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
Vietnamese đông phương học
- đông phương họcan academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
Cite this entry
APA
Oriental studies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oriental%20studies
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“Oriental studies.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oriental%20studies. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Oriental studies,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oriental%20studies.
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