Volleyball in other Languages
The sport we know as volleyball is not necessarily called by the same name around the world. Here are the names for volleyball in many of the languages of the world. The names are taken from the Wikipedia page for volleyball in each of these languages. You will notice that many of the names appear to be phonetic spelling of volleyball in the other languages.
Name by Language
| Language | Name for the sport of volleyball |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Vlugbal |
| Akan | Volleyball |
| Albanian | Volejbolli |
| Anglo-Saxon | Flēogeball |
| Arabic | كرة طائرة |
| Aragonese | Voleibol |
| Armenian | Վոլեյբոլ |
| Assamese | ভলিবল |
| Asturian | Voleibol |
| Azerbaijani | Voleybol |
| Bashkir | Волейбол |
| Basque | Boleibol |
| Bavarian | Volleyboi |
| Belarusian | Валейбол |
| Belarusian | Валейбол |
| Bengali | ভলিবল |
| Bislama | Volley ball |
| Bosnian | Odbojka |
| Bulgarian | Волейбол |
| Cantonese | 排球 |
| Catalan | Voleibol |
| Chechen | Волейбол |
| Chinese | 排球 |
| Chuvash | Волейбол |
| Croatian | Odbojka |
| Czech | Volejbal |
| Danish | Volleyball |
| Doteli | भलिबल |
| Dutch | Volleybal |
| Dutch Low Saxon | Volleybal |
| Eastern Punjabi | ਵਾਲੀਬਾਲ |
| Egyptian Arabic | كرة الطايره |
| English | Volleyball |
| Esperanto | Volejbalo |
| Estonian | Võrkpall |
| Faroese | Flogbóltur |
| Fijian | Volibol |
| Finnish | Lentopallo |
| French | Volley-ball |
| Galician | Voleibol |
| Georgian | ფრენბურთი |
| German | Volleyball |
| Greek | Πετοσφαίριση |
| Haitian | Volebòl |
| Hebrew | כדורעף |
| Hindi | वालीबॉल |
| Hungarian | Röplabda |
| Icelandic | Blak |
| Ido | Volebalo |
| Indonesian | Bola voli |
| Italian | Pallavolo |
| Japanese | バレーボール |
| Javanese | Voli |
| Kannada | ವಾಲಿಬಾಲ್ |
| Karakalpak | Voleybol |
| Kazakh | Волейбол |
| Khmer | បាល់ទះ |
| Kinyarwanda | Wasan kwallon raga |
| Komi | Тывсяр |
| Konkani | व्हॉलीबॉल |
| Korean | 배구 |
| Kyrgyz | Волейбол |
| Lak | Волейбол |
| Latin | Follis volatilis |
| Latvian | Volejbols |
| Lingala | Ndembó likoló lya monyámá |
| Lithuanian | Tinklinis |
| Low Saxon | Volleyball |
| Luxembourgish | Volleyball |
| Macedonian | Одбојка |
| Malay | Bola tampar |
| Malayalam | വോളീബോൾ |
| Marathi | व्हॉलीबॉल |
| Mazandarani | والیبال |
| Min Nan | Pâi-kiû |
| Minangkabau | Bola voli |
| Mingrelian | ფურინბურთი |
| Mongolian | Волейбол |
| Nāhuatl | Pallavollo |
| Nepali | भलिबल |
| Norwegian | Volleyball |
| Norwegian | Volleyball |
| Occitan | Voleibòl |
| Papiamentu | Volleyball |
| Pashto | واليبال |
| Persian | والیبال |
| Polish | Piłka siatkowa |
| Portuguese | Voleibol |
| Quechua | Makiyasiy |
| Romanian | Volei |
| Romansh | Ballarait |
| Russian | Волейбол |
| Samoan | Volipolo |
| Samogitian | Tėnklėnis |
| Sanskrit | वालीबाल्-क्रीडा |
| Serbian | Одбојка |
| Serbo-Croatian | Odbojka |
| Sicilian | Pallavvolu |
| Sinhalese | වොලිබෝල් |
| Slovak | Volejbal |
| Slovene | Odbojka |
| Sorani Kurdish | بالە |
| Southern Azerbaijani | والیبال |
| Spanish | Voleibol |
| Sundanese | Bola Voli |
| Swahili | Voliboli |
| Swedish | Volleyboll |
| Tagalog | Volleyball |
| Tajik | Волейбол |
| Tamil | கைப்பந்தாட்டம் |
| Tatar | Волейбол |
| Telugu | వాలీబాల్ |
| Thai | วอลเลย์บอล |
| Tibetan | ཕའི་ཆིའུ་སྤོ་ལོ། |
| Turkish | Voleybol |
| Turkmen | Woleýbol |
| Tuvan | Волейбол |
| Ukrainian | Волейбол |
| Urdu | والی بال |
| Uyghur | ۋالىبول |
| Uzbek | Voleybol |
| Venetian | Bałavoło |
| Vietnamese | Bóng chuyền |
| Walloon | Volebal |
| Welsh | Pêl-foli |
| West Frisian | Follybal |
| Western Punjabi | والیبال |
| Wu | 排球 |
| Yoruba | Volleyball |
| Zhuang | Baizgiuz |
Related Pages
- About the Sport of Volleyball
- Variations of Volleyball
- Fitness testing for volleyball
- Sport Names in Other Languages
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