Definition
A playing field, court, or enclosed space used for sports like volleyball, basketball, or traditional ball games, especially in Latin America.
Etymology
From Quechua (the Inca language) 'kancha,' meaning an enclosed place. The word traveled through Spanish into English, showing how indigenous languages shaped modern American Spanish vocabulary.
Kelly Says
The word 'cancha' is a Quechua survivor—it means 'enclosed space' and was adopted wholesale into Spanish because the Quechua people had a sophisticated concept that Spanish needed to borrow, proving that sometimes conquering languages adopt from the conquered.
Translations
BNবাংলা
খেলা মাঠ
khela maath
CSČeština
hřiště
h-ri-ste
DADansk
legeplads
le-ge-plads
DEDeutsch
Spielfeld
sh-piel-feld
ELΕλληνικά
χώρος παιχνιδιού
cho-ros pai-ni-di-ou
FAفارسی
زمین بازی
ze-min ba-zi
FISuomi
leikkikenttä
leik-ki-ken-ttä
FRFrançais
terrain de jeu
te-rain de jeu
HEעברית
מגרש משחקים
me-gar-sh mis-cha-kim
HIहिन्दी
खेल का मैदान
khel ka mai-daan
HUMagyar
játszótér
ja-tszo-te-r
IDBahasa Indonesia
lapangan
la-pan-gan
ITItaliano
campo da gioco
kam-po da gioco
KKKK
oyun sahası
o-yun sa-ha-si
KMKM
ទីកន្លែងសម្រាប់ការប្រកួត
tee-kon-l-ang sam-ra-ap kar-prak-kwoot
MRMR
खेळाचे मैदान
khel-a-che mai-daan
MSBahasa Melayu
padang permainan
pad-ang pe-ra-ma-i-an
NLNederlands
speelveld
speel-veld
NONorsk
lekeplass
le-ke-plass
PAPA
ਖੇਡ ਦਾ मैदान
khed da mai-daan
PLPolski
pole do gry
pole do gry
PTPortuguês
campo de jogo
kam-po de jogo
RUРусский
площадка для игры
ploschad-ka dla ig-ry
SVSvenska
spelplan
spel-plan
SWKiswahili
shamba la michezo
sha-mba la mi-che-zo
TAதமிழ்
விளையாட்டு மைதானம்
vi-la-ya-ttu mai-tha-na-m
TLTL
lugar para maglaro
loo-gar pa-ra ma-glar-o
TRTürkçe
oyun alanı
o-yun a-lan-i
UKУкраїнська
майданчик для гри
ma-idan-chik dla gry
URاردو
کھیل کا میدان
kheel ka mai-daan
VITiếng Việt
sân chơi
san-choi
ZUZU
ikisi leli
i-ki-si le-li