grease wrestling

English - Turkish

Definition of grease wrestling in English Turkish dictionary

(Spor) Yağlı güreş

gres güreş

yağlı güreş

English - English

Definition of grease wrestling in English English dictionary

(Spor) Oil wrestling (Turkish: yağlı güreş) is the Turkish national sport. It is known sometimes as grease wrestling because the wrestlers douse themselves with olive oil. It is related to Uzbek Kurash, Tuvan Khuresh and to Tatar Köräş. The wrestlers, known as pehlivan (from Persian پهلوان or pehlevān, meaning "hero" or "champion") wear a type of hand-stitched lederhosen called kisbet (sometimes kispet), which were traditionally made of water buffalo hide, but now also of calfskin

Oil wrestling (Turkish: yağlı güreş), also called grease wrestling, is the Turkish national sport. It is so called because the wrestlers douse themselves with olive oil

Hyphenation

grease wres·tling

Turkish pronunciation

gris reslîng

Pronunciation

/ˈgrēs ˈresləɴɢ/ /ˈɡriːs ˈrɛslɪŋ/