Etymology

shatranj

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Today it means: A board game, an ancestor of modern chess. Full definition →

Arabic شَطْرَنْج ← Classical Persian چَتْرَنْگ ← Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢
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The story

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromचतुरङ्ग
  2. Middle Persian · derived from𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢
  3. Classical Persian · derived fromچَتْرَنْگ
  4. Arabic · borrowed fromشَطْرَنْج
  5. English todayshatranj

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

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