iránya

Iránya is a Hungarian noun meaning "the direction" or "orientation" of something. It denotes the line toward which an object moves, the general tendency of a process, or the alignment of a system in relation to a reference frame. The form iránya is the possessive construction of the base noun irány (direction) with the suffix -a, indicating "its direction." In usage, iránya can describe concrete headings or courses as well as abstract trajectories.

Common contexts include geography and physics (the iránya of a river or a vector), technology and engineering (the iránya of a device or antenna), and social or political analysis (the iránya of a policy, economy, or movement). The term is typically introduced with prepositions to express direction, such as irány kelet felé (toward the east) or az iránya megváltozott (its direction has changed).

Irány is the root term, with iránya serving to specify possession or relation to direction. In broader discourse, iránya may be used alongside related words such as orientáció and tendencia to convey notions of orientation and tendency, respectively.

See also: irány; irányítás; tendencia; orientáció.