kabaddi

English

Alternative forms

• kabadi

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".

Pronunciation

• (original approximation) enPR: kŭb'əd(d)i, IPA^(key): /ˈkʌbəd(ː)i/, (Indic) /ˈkabaɖ(ː)i/, Rhymes: -ədi
• (spelling pronunciation) enPR: kəbăd'i, IPA^(key): /kəˈbædi/, Rhymes: -ædi

Noun

kabaddi (uncountable)

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 (bn) (kabaḍi), কবাডি (bn) (kobaḍi), হাডুডু (bn) (haḍuḍu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡巴迪 (kǎbādí)

• Danish: kabaddi c
• Hindi: कबड्डी (hi) (kabaḍḍī)
• Japanese: カバディ (ja) (kabadi)
• Kannada: ಕಬಡಿ (kabaḍi)
• Korean: 카바디 (kabadi)
• Malayalam: കബഡി (kabaḍi)
• Marathi: कबड्डी (mr) m (kabaḍḍī)
• Persian: کودّی، کبدی
• Portuguese: kabaddi m
• Punjabi: ਕਬੱਡੀ (kabaḍḍī), ਕੌਡੀ (kauḍī)
• Tamil: சடுகுடு (ta) (caṭukuṭu), கபடி (ta) (kapaṭi)
• Telugu: కబడ్డీ (kabaḍḍī), చెడుగుడు (te) (ceḍuguḍu)
• Urdu: کبڈی
• Yiddish: קאַבאַדדי (kabaddi)