"kabaddi" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkʌbəd(ː)i/ (note: original approximation), /ˈkabaɖ(ː)i/ (note: Indic;original approximation), /kəˈbædi/ (note: spelling pronunciation) Forms: kabadi [alternative]
enPR: kŭb'əd(d)i (note: original approximation), kəbăd'i (note: spelling pronunciation) 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". Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|hi|कबड्डी}} Borrowed from Hindi कबड्डी (kabaḍḍī), {{der|en|ta|கபடி}} Tamil கபடி (kapaṭi), {{der|en|ta|கை பிடி}} Tamil கை பிடி (kai piṭi) Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: uncountable Translations (sport): kabaddi (Afrikaans), কাবাডী (kabadi) (Assamese), কপটি (kopoti) (Assamese), হাদুম (hadum) (Assamese), গুদু-গুদু (gudu-gudu) (Assamese), কাবাডি (kabaḍi) (Bengali), কবাডি (kobaḍi) (Bengali), হাডুডু (haḍuḍu) (Bengali), 卡巴迪 (kǎbādí) (Chinese Mandarin), kabaddi [common-gender] (Danish), कबड्डी (kabaḍḍī) (Hindi), カバディ (kabadi) (Japanese), ಕಬಡಿ (kabaḍi) (Kannada), 카바디 (kabadi) (Korean), കബഡി (kabaḍi) (Malayalam), कबड्डी (kabaḍḍī) [masculine] (Marathi), کودّی، کبدی (Persian), kabaddi [masculine] (Portuguese), ਕਬੱਡੀ (kabaḍḍī) (Punjabi), ਕੌਡੀ (kauḍī) (Punjabi), சடுகுடு (caṭukuṭu) (Tamil), கபடி (kapaṭi) (Tamil), కబడ్డీ (kabaḍḍī) (Telugu), చెడుగుడు (ceḍuguḍu) (Telugu), کبڈی (Urdu), קאַבאַדדי (kabaddi) (Yiddish)

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "sport",
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      "word": "ಕಬಡಿ"
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      "roman": "kabadi",
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      "roman": "kabaḍi",
      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "കബഡി"
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      "sense": "sport",
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      "sense": "sport",
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      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "caṭukuṭu",
      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "சடுகுடு"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kapaṭi",
      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "கபடி"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kabaḍḍī",
      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "కబడ్డీ"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "ceḍuguḍu",
      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "చెడుగుడు"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "کبڈی"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "kabaddi",
      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "קאַבאַדדי"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kabaddi"
}

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