kabaddi

kabaddi

English

Etymology

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)

1. 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 (kabaḍi), কবাডি (kôbaḍi), হাডুডু (haḍuḍu) Chinese: Mandarin: 卡巴迪 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) Urdu: کبڈی‎ Yiddish: קאַבאַדדי‎ (kabaddi)