ajedrez

Spanish edit

ajedrez

Alternative forms edit

axedrez (obsolete)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Spanish axedrez, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الشَّطْرَنْج (aš-šaṭranj), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲‎𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (cʾt‎lʾng /⁠čatrang⁠/), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): (Spain) /axeˈdɾeθ/ [a.xeˈð̞ɾeθ]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /axeˈdɾes/ [a.xeˈð̞ɾes]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
(Spain) Rhymes: -eθ
(Latin America) Rhymes: -es
Syllabification: a‧je‧drez

Noun edit

ajedrez m (plural ajedreces)

chess

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

→ Bikol Central: ahedres
→ Cebuano: ahedres
→ Hiligaynon: ahedres
→ Tagalog: ahedres

See also edit

Chess pieces in Spanish · piezas de ajedrez (layout · text)

rey	dama, reina	torre, roque	alfil	caballo	peón

Further reading edit

“ajedrez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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