"kabaddi" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kabaddis [plural]
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: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|hi|कबड्डी|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Hindi कबड्डी (kabaḍḍī), {{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), {{m|ta|கை||hand}} கை (kai, “hand”), {{m|ta|பிடி||catch}} பிடி (piṭi, “catch”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} 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. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Sports 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), कबड्डी (kabaḍḍī) (Hindi), カバディ (kabadi) (Japanese), ಕಬಡಿ (kabaḍi) (Kannada), കബഡി (kabaḍi) (Malayalam), कबड्डी (kabaḍḍī) [masculine] (Marathi), کودّی، کبدی (Persian), kabaddi [masculine] (Portuguese), ਕਬੱਡੀ (kabaḍḍī) (Punjabi), சடுகுடு (caṭukuṭu) (Tamil), கபடி (kapaṭi) (Tamil), కబడ్డీ (kabaḍḍī) (Telugu), చెడుగుడు (ceḍuguḍu) (Telugu), کبڈی (Urdu), קאַבאַדדי (kabaddi) (Yiddish)

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