shatranj

English

Antique North Indian Mughul shatranj set made from sandalwood.

Etymology

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

Noun

shatranj (uncountable)

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)

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Further reading

shatranj on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

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