Handball in other Languages
The sport we know as handball is not necessarily called by the same name around the world. Here are the names for handball in many of the languages of the world. The names are taken from the Wikipedia page for handball in each of these languages. You will notice that many of the names appear to be phonetic spelling of handball in the other languages.
Name by Language
| Language | Name for the sport of handball |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Handbal |
| Albanian | Hendboll |
| Alemannic | Handball |
| Anglo-Saxon | Hēaphandþōðer |
| Arabic | كرة اليد |
| Aragonese | Balonmán |
| Armenian | Հանդբոլ |
| Assamese | হেণ্ডবল |
| Asturian | Balonmano |
| Azerbaijani | Həndbol |
| Bashkir | Гандбол |
| Basque | Eskubaloi |
| Bavarian | Handboi |
| Belarusian | Гандбол |
| Belarusian | Гандбол |
| Bengali | হ্যান্ডবল |
| Bosnian | Rukomet |
| Breton | Mell-dorn |
| Bulgarian | Хандбал |
| Cantonese | 手球 |
| Catalan | Handbol |
| Chinese | 手球 |
| Croatian | Rukomet |
| Czech | Házená |
| Danish | Håndbold |
| Dutch | Handbal |
| Eastern Punjabi | ਹੈਂਡਬਾਲ |
| Egyptian Arabic | كورة اليد |
| English | Handball |
| Esperanto | Manpilko |
| Estonian | Käsipall |
| Extremaduran | Balonmanu |
| Faroese | Hondbóltur |
| Finnish | Käsipallo |
| French | Handball |
| Galician | Balonmán |
| Georgian | ხელბურთი |
| German | Handball |
| Greek | Χειροσφαίριση |
| Hebrew | כדוריד |
| Hindi | हैंडबॉल |
| Hungarian | Kézilabda |
| Icelandic | Handbolti |
| Indonesian | Bola tangan |
| Interlingue | Handball |
| Italian | Pallamano |
| Japanese | ハンドボール |
| Kabyle | Takurt n Ufus |
| Kashubian | Rãcznô bala |
| Kazakh | Қол добы |
| Kinyarwanda | Umupira w'intoke |
| Komi | Кисяр |
| Korean | 핸드볼 |
| Lak | Гьандбол |
| Latin | Manufollium |
| Latvian | Rokasbumba |
| Lingua Franca Nova | Bal a mano |
| Lithuanian | Rankinis |
| Low Saxon | Handball |
| Luxembourgish | Handball |
| Macedonian | Ракомет |
| Malayalam | ഹാന്റ്ബോൾ |
| Māori | Pāringa tīma |
| Marathi | हँडबॉल |
| Mingrelian | ხებურთი |
| Norwegian | Handball |
| Norwegian | Håndball |
| Occitan | Handbal |
| Persian | هندبال |
| Polish | Piłka ręczna |
| Portuguese | Andebol |
| Quechua | K'akcha pukllay |
| Romanian | Handbal |
| Romansh | Ballamaun |
| Russian | Гандбол |
| Sanskrit | हस्तकन्दुकक्रीडा |
| Sardinian | Pallamanu |
| Scots | Haundbaw |
| Serbian | Рукомет |
| Serbo-Croatian | Rukomet |
| Slovak | Hádzaná (7 hráčov) |
| Slovene | Rokomet |
| Sorani Kurdish | تۆپی دەست |
| Southern Azerbaijani | هندبول |
| Spanish | Balonmano |
| Swahili | Mpira wa mkono |
| Swedish | Handboll |
| Tamil | எறிபந்தாட்டம் |
| Thai | แฮนด์บอล |
| Turkish | Hentbol |
| Ukrainian | Гандбол |
| Urdu | ہینڈ بال |
| Uzbek | Gandbol |
| Vietnamese | Bóng ném |
| Welsh | Pêl-law |
| West Frisian | Hânbal |
| Wu | 手球 |
| Zazaki | Hendbol |
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