shatranj

English

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Wikipedia

Antique North Indian Mughul shatranj set made from sandalwood.

Etymology

From Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj), from Persian شترنگ (šatrang), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (ctlng /⁠čatrang⁠/), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga).

Noun

shatranj (uncountable)

1. A board game, an ancestor of modern chess.
   • 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 3:

     Engrossed in the study of a small ivory shatranj board with pieces of ebony and horn, […] the African held the place nearest the fire […]

Translations

an ancestor of modern chess

Arabic: شِطْرَنْج (ar) m (šiṭranj), شَطْرَنْج (ar) m (šaṭranj) Belarusian: шатра́ндж m (šatrándž) French: chatrang m German: Schatrandsch n Hindi: शतरंज (hi) f (śatrañj), चतुरंग (hi) m (caturaṅg) Kazakh: шатыраш (şatyraş) Persian: Iranian Persian: شَطْرَنْج (šatranj), شَتْرَنْگ (šatrang), شَتْرَنْج (šatranj), چَتْرَنْگ (čatrang) Polish: szatrandż m Russian: шатра́ндж (ru) m (šatrándž) Sanskrit: चतुरङ्ग (sa) m (caturaṅga) Ukrainian: шатра́ндж m (šatrándž) Urdu: شَطْرَن٘ج f (śatrañj) Uyghur: شەترەنج (shetrenj) Uzbek: shatranj (uz)

Spanish

Noun

shatranj m (uncountable)

1. shatranj

Further reading

• shatranj on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es