شترنگ

Persian

Alternative forms

سترنگ (satrang)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (ctlng /⁠čatrang⁠/, “chess”) from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga).

Noun

شترنگ • (šatrang)

(obsolete) chess
(obsolete) mandrake
Synonyms: مردمگیاه, استرنگ, مهرگیاه, اشترنگ

Descendants

→ Arabic: شطرنج (šaṭranj)
- Andalusian Arabic: شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj)
  - → Aragonese: axedrez
  - → Asturian: axedrez
  - → Mirandese: xadreç
  - → Old Galician-Portuguese: axadrez, enxadrez
    - Galician: xadrez
    - Portuguese: xadrez
  - → Old Spanish: axedrez, acedrej, acedrex, acedreyx, açedrex, axadrez, axedres, exedres, xedrez
    - Spanish: ajedrez
      - → Bikol Central: ahedres
      - → Cebuano: ahedres
      - → Hiligaynon: ahedres
      - → Tagalog: ahedres
- → Amharic: ሰንጠረዥ (sänṭäräž)
- → English: shatranj
- → Middle Armenian: սատրինճ (satrinč), սաթրինճ (satʻrinč), սատրիճ (satrič)
  - Armenian: սատրինջ (satrinǰ)
- → Persian: شطرنج (šatranj)
  - → Azerbaijani: satranc
  - → Gujarati: શેતરંજ (śetrañj)
  - → Hindi: शतरंज (śatrañj)
  - → Odia: ସତରଞ୍ଜ (satarañja)
  - → Ottoman Turkish: شطرنج (şatranc)
    - Turkish: satranç
  - → Punjabi: ਸ਼ਤਰੰਜ (śatrañj)
  - Tajik: шатранҷ (šatranj)
- → Russian: шатра́ндж (šatrándž)
- → Swahili: sataranji
→ Mongolian: шатар (šatar)
→ Georgian: ჭადრაკი (č̣adraḳi)
→ Koine Greek: ζατρίκιον (zatríkion)
- → Greek: ζατρίκιο (zatríkio)
→ Middle Armenian: ճատրակ (čatrak), ճարտրակ (čartrak), ճատրկուց (čatrkucʻ), ճատրկոց (čatrkocʻ)
- → Armenian: ճատրակ (čatrak) (learned)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “شترنگ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul