شطرنج

Arabic

شَطْرَنْج

Etymology

From Classical Persian شترنگ (šatrang), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲‎𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (cʾt‎lʾng /⁠čatrang⁠/, “chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga).

Noun

شِطْرَنْج or شَطْرَنْج • (šiṭranj or šaṭranj) m

1. shatranj
2. chess

Declension

Declension of noun شِطْرَنْج (šiṭranj)‎; شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شِطْرَنْج‎; شَطْرَنْج šiṭranj‎; šaṭranj	الشِّطْرَنْج‎; الشَّطْرَنْج aš-šiṭranj‎; aš-šaṭranj	شِطْرَنْج‎; شَطْرَنْج šiṭranj‎; šaṭranj
Nominative	شِطْرَنْجٌ‎; شَطْرَنْجٌ šiṭranjun‎; šaṭranjun	الشِّطْرَنْجُ‎; الشَّطْرَنْجُ aš-šiṭranju‎; aš-šaṭranju	شِطْرَنْجُ‎; شَطْرَنْجُ šiṭranju‎; šaṭranju
Accusative	شِطْرَنْجًا‎; شَطْرَنْجًا šiṭranjan‎; šaṭranjan	الشِّطْرَنْجَ‎; الشَّطْرَنْجَ aš-šiṭranja‎; aš-šaṭranja	شِطْرَنْجَ‎; شَطْرَنْجَ šiṭranja‎; šaṭranja
Genitive	شِطْرَنْجٍ‎; شَطْرَنْجٍ šiṭranjin‎; šaṭranjin	الشِّطْرَنْجِ‎; الشَّطْرَنْجِ aš-šiṭranji‎; aš-šaṭranji	شِطْرَنْجِ‎; شَطْرَنْجِ šiṭranji‎; šaṭranji

Descendants

• Andalusian Arabic: شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj)
  • → Aragonese: axedrez
  • → Asturian: axedrez
  • → Mirandese: xadreç
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: axadrez, enxadrez
    • Galician: xadrez
    • Portuguese: xadrez
  • → Old Spanish: axedrez
    • Spanish: ajedrez
      • → Bikol Central: ahedres
      • → Cebuano: ahedres
      • → Hiligaynon: ahedres
      • → Ilocano: 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 (sôtôrôñjô)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: شطرنج (şatranc)
    • Turkish: satranç
  • → Punjabi: ਸ਼ਤਰੰਜ (śatrañj)
  • Tajik: шатранҷ (šatranj)
• → Russian: шатра́ндж (šatrándž)
• → Swahili: sataranji

Persian

Dari	شطرنج
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шатранҷ

Etymology

From Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj, “shatranj, chess”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ctlng /⁠čatrang⁠/, “chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃat.ɾand͡ʒ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃät̪.ɾänd͡ʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃät̪.ɾänd͡ʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃät̪.ɾänd͡ʒ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃät̪.ɾänd͡ʒ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃæt̪.ɹænd͡ʒ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃät̪.ɾänd͡ʒ]

Readings
Classical reading?	šatranj
Dari reading?	šatranj
Iranian reading?	šatranj
Tajik reading?	šatranj

Noun

شَطْرَنْج • (šatranj)

1. shatranj

   بازیِ شَطْرَنْج ― bâzi-ye šatranj ― a game of chess

2. chess

See also

Chess pieces in Persian · مهره‌های شطرنج (mohre-hâye šatranj) (layout · text)
شاه (šâh)	وزیر (vazir)	رخ (rox), قلعه (qal'e)	فیل (fil)	اسب (asb)	پیاده (piyâde), سرباز (sarbâz)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃatˤ.ranʒ/, [ʃɑtˤˈrˤɑnʒ]

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Noun

شطرنج • (šaṭranj) m

1. chess

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj).

Noun

شطرنج • (šatranj) f (Hindi spelling शतरंज)

1. shatranj
2. chess