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shatranj

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A board game, an ancestor of modern chess.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شِطْرَنْج (šiṭranj) — an ancestor of modern chess
  • Arabic: شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj) — an ancestor of modern chess
  • Belarusian: шатра́ндж (šatrándž) — an ancestor of modern chess
  • French: chatrang — an ancestor of modern chess
  • German: Schatrandsch — an ancestor of modern chess
  • Hindi: शतरंज (śatrañj) — an ancestor of modern chess
  • Hindi: चतुरंग (caturaṅg) — an ancestor of modern chess
  • Kazakh: шатыраш (şatyraş) — an ancestor of modern chess
  • Iranian Persian: شَطْرَنْج (šatranj) — an ancestor of modern chess
  • Iranian Persian: شَتْرَنْگ (šatrang) — an ancestor of modern chess
  • Iranian Persian: شَتْرَنْج (šatranj) — an ancestor of modern chess
  • Iranian Persian: چَتْرَنْگ (čatrang) — an ancestor of modern chess
  • Polish: szatrandż — an ancestor of modern chess
  • Russian: шатра́ндж (šatrándž) — an ancestor of modern chess
  • Sanskrit: चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga) — an ancestor of modern chess
  • Ukrainian: шатра́ндж (šatrándž) — an ancestor of modern chess
  • Urdu: شَطْرَن٘ج (śatrañj) — an ancestor of modern chess
  • Uyghur: شەترەنج (shetrenj) — an ancestor of modern chess
  • Uzbek: shatranj — an ancestor of modern chess