The sport we know as golf is not necessarily called by the same name around the world. Here are the names for golf in many of the languages of the world. The names are taken from the Wikipedia page for golf in each of these languages. You will notice that many of the names appear to be phonetic spelling of golf in the other languages.
Name by Language
Language | Name for the sport of golf |
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Afrikaans | Gholf |
Alemannic | Golf (Sport) |
Amharic | ጎልፍ |
Anglo-Saxon | Golf |
Arabic | غولف |
Aragonese | Golf |
Armenian | Գոլֆ |
Asturian | Golf |
Azerbaijani | Qolf |
Bashkir | Гольф |
Basque | Golf |
Bavarian | Goif |
Belarusian | Гольф |
Belarusian | Гольф |
Bengali | গল্ফ |
Bosnian | Golf |
Breton | Golf |
Bulgarian | Голф |
Burmese | ဂေါက်သီးကစားနည်း |
Cantonese | 哥爾夫球 |
Catalan | Golf |
Chechen | Гольф |
Chinese | 高爾夫球 |
Chuvash | Гольф |
Croatian | Golf |
Czech | Golf |
Danish | Golf |
Dutch | Golf |
Eastern Punjabi | ਗੌਲਫ਼ |
Egyptian Arabic | جولف |
English | Golf |
Esperanto | Golfo |
Estonian | Golf |
Faroese | Golf |
Fiji Hindi | Golf |
Finnish | Golf |
French | Golf |
Friulian | Golf |
Galician | Golf |
Georgian | გოლფი |
German | Golf |
Greek | Γκολφ |
Haitian | Gòlf |
Hebrew | גולף |
Hindi | गॉल्फ़ |
Hungarian | Golf |
Icelandic | Golf |
Ido | Golfo |
Ilokano | Golf |
Indonesian | Golf |
Irish | Galf |
Italian | Golf |
Japanese | ゴルフ |
Javanese | Golf |
Kannada | ಗಾಲ್ಫ್ |
Karakalpak | Golf |
Kazakh | Гольф |
Kinyarwanda | Umupira w'agakoni |
Korean | 골프 |
Kyrgyz | Гольф |
Latin | Pilamalleus |
Latvian | Golfs |
Limburgish | Golf |
Lithuanian | Golfas |
Luxembourgish | Golf |
Macedonian | Голф |
Malay | Golf |
Malayalam | ഗോൾഫ് |
Marathi | गोल्फ |
Min Nan | Soaⁿ-kiû |
Mirandese | Golf |
Mongolian | Гольф |
Newar / Nepal Bhasa | गल्फ |
Norwegian | Golf |
Norwegian | Golf |
Occitan | Gòlf |
Papiamentu | Gòlf |
Persian | گلف |
Piedmontese | Galateucc |
Polish | Golf |
Portuguese | Golfe |
Romanian | Golf |
Russian | Гольф |
Samogitian | Guolfs |
Sanskrit | गोल्फ्-क्रीडा |
Scots | Gowf |
Scottish Gaelic | Goilf |
Serbian | Голф |
Serbo-Croatian | Golf |
Silesian | Golf |
Sinhalese | ගොල්ෆ් |
Slovak | Golf |
Slovene | Golf |
Sorani Kurdish | گۆڵف |
Southern Azerbaijani | قولف |
Spanish | Golf |
Swahili | Gofu |
Swedish | Golf |
Tagalog | Golf |
Tajik | Голф |
Tamil | குழிப்பந்தாட்டம் |
Telugu | గోల్ఫ్ |
Thai | กอล์ฟ |
Turkish | Golf |
Turkmen | Golf |
Ukrainian | Гольф |
Urdu | گولف |
Uzbek | Golf |
Vietnamese | Golf |
Waray | Golf |
Welsh | Golff |
Western Punjabi | گالف |
Wu | 高尔夫球 |
Yiddish | גאלף |
Related Pages
- About types of golf sports
- Sport Names in Other Languages