| game | yarek |
| team | tîm |
| victory | serketinî |
| win | serketinî |
| defeat | şikestin |
| score | skor |
| point | xal |
| to win - won | serketin - serket |
| to lose - lost | şikestin - şikest |
| to tie | berabere bûn |
| to score | xal wergirtin |
What's the score?
Skor çiqas e?We won the game!
Em yarekê serkirin!The team was about to lose, but we scored twice in the last minute to tie the game.
Tîmê hema hema dibû ku bişkêwin, lê em di xulekê dawî de carek du cara xal wergirtin û yarek berabere bû.It was a blowout - we won by 20 points.
Serketinîyek mezin bû — em bi 20 xalî zêde serkirdin.
| championship | pêşkeftin/şampîyonî |
| league | lîga |
| tournament | turnûva |
| playoffs | playoff |
| finals | fînalan |
| semifinals | nîvfinalan |
| quarterfinals | çarêk finalan |
| bracket | braketê turnûvayê |
| champion | şampîyon |
| runner-up | dûem |
| favorite | favorî |
| underdog | outsayder |
| season | dewr/mazûn |
| ranking | rêz |
| seed | seed/serî-başî |
| upset | sûrprîz |
| comeback | vegerr (comeback) |
It was a huge upset when the underdog team won the championship!
Gava tîma outsayder şampîyon bû, gelek sûrprîz bû!She's ranked number one in the world right now.
Niha wî/ew li cîhana navenda yekem e.What an incredible comeback - they were down by three points!
Vegerrêk ecêb bû — ew bi sê xal pişt re bûn!
