Boxing in other Languages
The sport we know as boxing is not necessarily called by the same name around the world. Here are the names for boxing in many of the languages of the world. The names are taken from the Wikipedia page for boxing in each of these languages.
Name by Language
| Language | Name for the sport of boxing |
|---|---|
| Abkhazian | Абокс |
| Afrikaans | Boks |
| Albanian | Boksi |
| Arabic | ملاكمة |
| Aragonese | Boxeyo |
| Armenian | Բռնցքամարտ |
| Asturian | Boxéu |
| Azerbaijani | Boks |
| Banjar | Gucuh |
| Bashkir | Бокс |
| Basque | Boxeo |
| Belarusian | Бокс |
| Belarusian | Бокс |
| Bengali | মুষ্টিযুদ্ধ |
| Bosnian | Boks |
| Breton | Boks |
| Bulgarian | Бокс |
| Burmese | လက်ဝှေ့ထိုးခြင်း |
| Cantonese | 拳擊 |
| Catalan | Boxa |
| Chechen | Бокс |
| Chinese | 拳击 |
| Croatian | Boks |
| Czech | Box |
| Danish | Boksning |
| Dutch | Boksen |
| Eastern Punjabi | ਮੁੱਕੇਬਾਜ਼ੀ |
| English | Boxing |
| Esperanto | Boksado |
| Estonian | Poks |
| Faroese | Nevaleikur |
| Finnish | Nyrkkeily |
| French | Boxe |
| Galician | Boxeo |
| Georgian | კრივი |
| German | Boxen |
| Greek | Πυγμαχία |
| Haitian | Bòks |
| Hakka | Po̍k-sin-kú |
| Hebrew | איגרוף |
| Hindi | मुक्केबाज़ी |
| Hungarian | Ökölvívás |
| Icelandic | Hnefaleikar |
| Ilokano | Boksingero |
| Indonesian | Tinju |
| Inuktitut | ᒥᖏᑎᑕᐅᑎᔪᖅ |
| Irish | Dornálaíocht |
| Italian | Pugilato |
| Jamaican | Baxin |
| Japanese | ボクシング |
| Javanese | Tinju |
| Kannada | ಬಾಕ್ಸಿಂಗ್ |
| Karakalpak | Boks |
| Kashubian | Piscowanié |
| Kazakh | Бокс |
| Korean | 권투 |
| Kyrgyz | Бокс |
| Latin | Pugilatio (moderna) |
| Latvian | Bokss |
| Lingala | Bobuni bwa makɔ́fi |
| Lithuanian | Boksas |
| Low Saxon | Boxen |
| Macedonian | Бокс |
| Malay | Tinju |
| Malayalam | ബോക്സിങ് |
| Marathi | बॉक्सिंग |
| Min Nan | Bo̍k-sìn-guh |
| Minangkabau | Tinju |
| Mirandese | Boxe |
| Mongolian | Бокс |
| Nāhuatl | Māīxnāmiquiliztli |
| Neapolitan | Pugilato |
| Nepali | मुक्केबाजी |
| Northern Sami | Boksen |
| Norwegian | Boksing |
| Occitan | Bòxa anglesa |
| Ossetian | Бокс |
| Persian | بوکس |
| Piedmontese | Bòcs |
| Polish | Boks |
| Portuguese | Boxe |
| Quechua | Saqmanakuy |
| Romanian | Box |
| Russian | Бокс |
| Sakha | Бокс |
| Sanskrit | मुष्टिकाताडनक्रीडा |
| Scots | Boxin |
| Scottish Gaelic | Dòrnaireachd |
| Serbian | Бокс |
| Serbo-Croatian | Boks |
| Shona | Tsiva |
| Sicilian | Puggilatu |
| Sindhi | باڪسنگ |
| Sinhalese | බොක්සිං |
| Slovak | Box (šport) |
| Slovene | Boks |
| Somali | Feedh (ciyaar) |
| Sorani Kurdish | مستانی |
| Southern Azerbaijani | بوکس |
| Spanish | Boxeo |
| Sundanese | Tinju |
| Swahili | Mchezo wa ngumi |
| Swedish | Boxning |
| Tagalog | Boksing |
| Tajik | Бокс |
| Tamil | குத்துச்சண்டை |
| Tatar | Бокс |
| Thai | มวยสากล |
| Tibetan | ཁུར་འཛིང་། |
| Turkish | Boks |
| Turkmen | Boks |
| Ukrainian | Бокс |
| Urdu | مکے بازی |
| Uzbek | Boks |
| Vietnamese | Quyền Anh |
| Waray | Boksingero |
| Welsh | Paffio |
| West Frisian | Boksen |
| Wu | 拳击 |
| Xhosa | Amanqindi |
| Yiddish | באקס |
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