karate
Indonesian
/ka.ra.te/
noun
Definitions
- (sports) karate, an Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate, the state of being empty-handed), 唐手 (Tang Dynasty, China hand) derived from Okinawan 唐手 (Chinese hand).
Origin
Okinawan
唐手
Gloss
Chinese hand
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- karate English
- karate Finnish
- Karate German
- karate Dutch, Flemish
- карате Russian
- каратэ Russian
- karate Spanish, Castilian
- karate Norwegian Bokmål
- karate Japanese
- 唐 Japanese
- 唐手 Japanese
- 手 Japanese
- 空手 Japanese
- 空手着 Japanese
- 空手道 Japanese
- karate Polish
- karate Norwegian Nynorsk
- karate Danish
- كاراتيه Arabic
- karate Serbo-Croatian
- карате Serbo-Croatian
- karate Icelandic
- کاراته Persian
- คาราเต้ Thai
- karate Afrikaans
- карате Bulgarian
- карате Macedonian
- karate Swahili
- 가라데 Korean
- 唐手 Okinawan