kabaddi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi कबड्डी (kabaḍḍī), from Tamil கபடி (kapaṭi), from Tamil கை பிடி (kai piṭi), from கை (kai, “hand”) + பிடி (piṭi, “catch”), which could be translated as "holding hands".

Noun

kabaddi (usually uncountable, plural kabaddis)

A South Asian team sport in which players must hold their breath while making raids into the opposing team's half of the field.

Translations

sport

Afrikaans: kabaddi
Assamese: কাবাডী (kabadi), কপটি (kopoti), হাদুম (hadum), গুদু-গুদু (gudu-gudu)
Bengali: কাবাডি (bn) (kabaḍi), কবাডি (kobaḍi), হাডুডু (bn) (haḍuḍu)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 卡巴迪 (kǎbādí)
Hindi: कबड्डी (hi) (kabaḍḍī)
Japanese: カバディ (ja) (kabadi)
Kannada: ಕಬಡಿ (kabaḍi)
Malayalam: കബഡി (kabaḍi)
Marathi: कबड्डी (mr) m (kabaḍḍī)
Persian: کودّی، کبدی
Portuguese: kabaddi m
Punjabi: ਕਬੱਡੀ (kabaḍḍī)
Tamil: சடுகுடு (ta) (caṭukuṭu), கபடி (ta) (kapaṭi)
Telugu: కబడ్డీ (kabaḍḍī), చెడుగుడు (te) (ceḍuguḍu)
Urdu: کبڈی
Yiddish: קאַבאַדדי (kabaddi)

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