Wrestling in other Languages
The sport we know as wrestling is not necessarily called by the same name around the world. Here are the names for wrestling in many of the languages of the world. The names are taken from the Wikipedia page for wrestling in each of these languages. You will notice that many of the names appear to be phonetic spelling of wrestling in the other languages.
Name by Language
| Language | Name for the sport of wrestling |
|---|---|
| English | Wrestling |
| Portuguese | Luta |
| Persian | کشتی (ورزش) |
| French | Lutte |
| German | Ringen |
| Russian | Борьба |
| Spanish | Lucha (deporte) |
| Marathi | कुस्ती |
| Arabic | مصارعة |
| Polish | Zapasy |
| Japanese | レスリング |
| Italian | Lotta |
| Hindi | कुश्ती |
| Swedish | Brottning |
| Chinese | 摔跤 |
| Dutch | Worstelen |
| Hungarian | Birkózás |
| Vietnamese | Đấu vật |
| Thai | มวยปล้ำ |
| Azerbaijani | Güləş |
| Greek | Πάλη |
| Korean | 레슬링 |
| Indonesian | Gulat |
| Finnish | Paini |
| Tamil | மற்போர் |
| Czech | Zápas |
| Bulgarian | Борба |
| Estonian | Maadlus |
| Turkish | Güreş |
| Ukrainian | Боротьба (спорт) |
| Croatian | Hrvanje |
| Romanian | Lupte |
| Serbian | Рвање |
| Norwegian | Bryting |
| Armenian | Ըմբշամարտ |
| Albanian | Mundja |
| Slovak | Zápasenie (šport) |
| Bengali | কুস্তি |
| Lithuanian | Imtynės |
| Danish | Brydning |
| Hebrew | היאבקות |
| Catalan | Lluita |
| Malay | Gusti |
| Telugu | మల్ల యుద్ధం |
| Latvian | Cīņas sports |
| Slovene | Rokoborba |
| Tagalog | Buno |
| Kannada | ಕುಸ್ತಿ |
| Afrikaans | Stoei |
| Mongolian | Бөх |
| Swahili | Miereka |
| Eastern Punjabi | ਕੁਸ਼ਤੀ |
| Cantonese | 摔角 |
| Malayalam | ഗുസ്തി |
| Sorani Kurdish | زۆرانبازی |
| Fiji Hindi | Kusti |
| Macedonian | Борење |
| Bosnian | Hrvanje |
| Tulu | ಕುಸ್ತಿ |
| Dinka | Wït jööt yuït |
| Galician | Loita |
| Belarusian | Барацьба |
| Lak | ЛачӀун уккаву |
| Turkmen | Göreş |
| Acehnese | Gulat |
| Javanese | Gulat |
| Breton | Gouren |
| Tibetan | སྦེ་ག |
| Maithili | कुस्ती |
| Bavarian | Ringa |
| Norwegian | Bryting |
| Esperanto | Luktado |
| Sinhalese | මල්ලව පොර |
| Mazandarani | کشتی (ورزش) |
| Latin | Palaestrica |
| Karakalpak | Gu'res |
| Sakha | Тустуу |
| Shona | Mutsimba |
| Sanskrit | मल्लक्रीडा |
| Serbo-Croatian | Hrvanje |
| Lezgian | Юкьварар |
| West Frisian | Wrakseljen |
| Occitan | Lucha |
| Tajik | Куштӣ (варзиш) |
| Haitian | Lit |
| Irish | Iomrascáil |
| Western Armenian | Ըմբշամարտ |
| Scots | Warstlin |
| Min Nan | Sio-ián |
| Belarusian | Барацьба |
| Basque | Borroka (kirola) |
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