shatranj

English

Antique North Indian Mughul shatranj set made from sandalwood.

Etymology

From Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj), from Persian شترنگ (šatrang), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (ctlng /⁠čatrang⁠/), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga).

Noun

shatranj (uncountable)

1. 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

• Arabic: شِطْرَنْج (ar) (šiṭranj), شَطْرَنْج (ar) (šaṭranj)
• Kazakh: шатыраш (şatyraş)
• Russian: шатра́ндж (ru) m (šatrándž)
• Uyghur: شەترەنج (shetrenj)

Spanish

Noun

shatranj m (uncountable)

1. shatranj

Further reading

• shatranj on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es