Archery in other Languages
The sport we know as archery is not necessarily called by the same name around the world. Here are the names for archery in many of the languages of the world. The names are taken from the Wikipedia page for archery in each of these languages.
Name by Language
| Language | Name for the sport of Archery |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Boogskiet |
| Arabic | نبالة |
| Asturian | Tiru con arcu |
| Azerbaijani | Oxatma |
| Bashkir | Йәйәнән атыу |
| Basque | Arkularitza |
| Belarusian | Стральба з лука |
| Belarusian | Стральба з лука |
| Bengali | ধনুর্বিদ্যা |
| Breton | Gwaregata |
| Bulgarian | Стрелба с лък |
| Burmese | မြားပစ်အားကစား |
| Cantonese | 射箭 |
| Catalan | Tir amb arc |
| Chinese | 射箭 |
| Croatian | Streličarstvo |
| Czech | Lukostřelba |
| Danish | Bueskydning |
| Dutch | Boogschieten |
| Eastern Punjabi | ਤੀਰਅੰਦਾਜ਼ੀ |
| English | Archery |
| Esperanto | Arkpafado |
| Estonian | Vibusport |
| Finnish | Jousiammunta |
| French | Tir à l'arc |
| Galician | Tiro con arco |
| German | Bogenschießen |
| Greek | Τοξοβολία |
| Hebrew | קשתות |
| Hindi | धनुर्विद्या |
| Hungarian | Íjászat |
| Icelandic | Bogfimi |
| Indonesian | Panahan |
| Irish | Boghdóireacht |
| Japanese | アーチェリー (弓術) |
| Kabiye | Tɔʋ |
| Korean | 궁술 |
| Kyrgyz | Жаа атуу |
| Latvian | Loka šaušana |
| Lithuanian | Šaudymas iš lanko |
| Macedonian | Стреличарство |
| Malay | Memanah |
| Malayalam | അമ്പെയ്ത്ത് |
| Marathi | तिरंदाजी |
| Min Nan | Siā-chìⁿ |
| Mongolian | Байт харваа |
| Norwegian | Bogeskyting |
| Norwegian | Bueskyting |
| Occitan | Tir amb arc |
| Persian | تیراندازی با کمان |
| Picard | Tir à chl' arc |
| Polish | Łucznictwo |
| Quechua | Wach'iq |
| Romanian | Tir cu arcul |
| Russian | Стрельба из лука |
| Sanskrit | लक्ष्यसाधनक्रीडा |
| Santali | ᱟᱹᱠᱼᱟᱸᱯᱟᱸᱲᱤᱼᱴᱩᱴᱤ |
| Scots | Airchery |
| Serbian | Стреличарство |
| Serbo-Croatian | Streličarstvo |
| Sicilian | Tiru cu l'arcu |
| Sindhi | تير اندازي |
| Sinhalese | දුනු විදීම |
| Slovak | Lukostreľba |
| Slovene | Lokostrelstvo |
| Southern Azerbaijani | اوخ آتما |
| Spanish | Tiro con arco |
| Sundanese | Papanahan |
| Swedish | Bågskytte |
| Tagalog | Pamamana |
| Tajik | Камонварӣ |
| Tamil | வில்வித்தை |
| Telugu | విలువిద్య |
| Thai | การยิงธนู |
| Turkish | Okçuluk |
| Ukrainian | Стрільба з лука |
| Urdu | تیر اندازی |
| Vietnamese | Bắn cung |
| Waray | Pag-pana |
| Welsh | Saethyddiaeth |
| Western Punjabi | تیر اندازی |
| Wu | 射箭 |
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