shatranj
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Etymology
From Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj), from Persian شترنگ (šatrang), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (ctlng /čatrang/), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga).
Noun
shatranj (uncountable)
- 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
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Noun
shatranj m (uncountable)
Further reading
shatranj on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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