शतरंज
Hindi edit
Alternative forms edit
- शतरञ्ज (śatrañj)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian شطرنج (šatranj), from Arabic شطرنج (šaṭranj), from Classical Persian شترنگ (šatrang), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ctlng /čatrang/, “chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga, “four parts of an army: king, elephants, horses, foot soldiers”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
शतरंज • (śatrañj) m (Urdu spelling شطرنج)