Bisa ga mafi yawan ƙamus na Turanci, kalmar "dan wasa" an fassara ta da:Ma'anar suna:Mutumin da ya ƙware ko gwanintar motsa jiki, wasanni, ko wasannin da ke buƙatar ƙarfin jiki, ƙarfin hali, ko jimiri, da kuma waɗanda ke shiga gasa. > Misalin jumla: "Ita kwararriyar 'yar wasa ce wadda ta lashe lambobin zinare da yawa a wasannin guje-guje da tsalle-tsalle." ayyukan jiki a matsayin sana'a, sha'awa, ko don dalilai na nishaɗi. 'Yan wasa za su iya shiga cikin wasanni daban-daban, ciki har da amma ba'a iyakance su ba, gudu, ninkaya, keke, ƙwallon kwando, ƙwallon ƙafa, gymnastics, da dai sauransu.