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

Spanish

Noun

shatranj m (uncountable)

  1. shatranj

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