English Explanatory Dictionary

shatranj

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A board game, an ancestor of modern chess.

Word forms

shatranj

Etymology

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

Related words

chaturanga
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