Golf in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “golf” in Hindi is गोल्फ़{एक प्रकार का खेल}, pronounced golf ek prakar ka khel — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes
The word is first known in English from the 17th century as a borrowing from Middle Scots golf, gouff. Although the etymology is uncertain, the most likely origin is that it comes from the Middle Dutch colve, colf (“club”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“club”), related to German Kolben (“piston, rod”), Swedish kolv (“piston, rod”), Old English clopp (“rock; cliff”), English kelp.
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