شطرنج

Arabic
شَطْرَنْج

Etymology

From Classical Persian شترنگ (šatrang), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲‎𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (cʾt‎lʾng /⁠čatrang⁠/, “chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga).

Noun

شِطْرَنْج or شَطْرَنْج • (šiṭranj or šaṭranj) m

  1. shatranj
  2. chess

Declension
Declension of noun شِطْرَنْج (šiṭranj)‎; شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal شِطْرَنْج‎; شَطْرَنْج
šiṭranj‎; šaṭranj		 الشِّطْرَنْج‎; الشَّطْرَنْج
aš-šiṭranj‎; aš-šaṭranj		 شِطْرَنْج‎; شَطْرَنْج
šiṭranj‎; šaṭranj
Nominative شِطْرَنْجٌ‎; شَطْرَنْجٌ
šiṭranjun‎; šaṭranjun		 الشِّطْرَنْجُ‎; الشَّطْرَنْجُ
aš-šiṭranju‎; aš-šaṭranju		 شِطْرَنْجُ‎; شَطْرَنْجُ
šiṭranju‎; šaṭranju
Accusative شِطْرَنْجًا‎; شَطْرَنْجًا
šiṭranjan‎; šaṭranjan		 الشِّطْرَنْجَ‎; الشَّطْرَنْجَ
aš-šiṭranja‎; aš-šaṭranja		 شِطْرَنْجَ‎; شَطْرَنْجَ
šiṭranja‎; šaṭranja
Genitive شِطْرَنْجٍ‎; شَطْرَنْجٍ
šiṭranjin‎; šaṭranjin		 الشِّطْرَنْجِ‎; الشَّطْرَنْجِ
aš-šiṭranji‎; aš-šaṭranji		 شِطْرَنْجِ‎; شَطْرَنْجِ
šiṭranji‎; šaṭranji

Descendants
  • Andalusian Arabic: شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj)
  • → Amharic: ሰንጠረዥ (sänṭäräž)
  • → English: shatranj
  • → Middle Armenian: սատրինճ (satrinč), սաթրինճ (satʻrinč), սատրիճ (satrič)
    • Armenian: սատրինջ (satrinǰ)
  • → Persian: شطرنج (šatranj)
    • → Azerbaijani: satranc
    • → Gujarati: શેતરંજ (śetrañj)
    • → Hindi: शतरंज (śatrañj)
    • → Odia: ସତରଞ୍ଜ (sôtôrôñjô)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: شطرنج (şatranc)
    • → Punjabi: ਸ਼ਤਰੰਜ (śatrañj)
    • Tajik: шатранҷ (šatranj)
  • → Russian: шатра́ндж (šatrándž)
  • → Swahili: sataranji

Persian
Dari شطرنج
Iranian Persian
Tajik шатранҷ

Etymology

From Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj, “shatranj, chess”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ctlng /⁠čatrang⁠/, “chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʃät̪.ɾänd͡ʒ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʃät̪.ɾänd͡ʒ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʃät̪.ɾänd͡ʒ̥]

Readings
Classical reading? šatranj
Dari reading? šatranj
Iranian reading? šatranj
Tajik reading? šatranj

Noun

شَطْرَنْج • (šatranj)

  1. shatranj
    بازیِ شَطْرَنْج ― bâzi-ye šatranj ― a game of chess
  2. chess

See also
Chess pieces in Persian · مهره‌های شطرنج (mohre-hâye šatranj) (layout · text)
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شاه (šâh) وزیر (vazir) رخ (rox),
قلعه (qal'e)		 فیل (fil) اسب (asb) پیاده (piyâde),
سرباز (sarbâz)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃatˤ.ranʒ/, [ʃɑtˤˈrˤɑnʒ]
  • Audio (Ramallah)(file)

Noun

شطرنج • (šaṭranj) m

  1. chess

See also
Chess pieces in South Levantine Arabic · قطع الشطرنج (ʔuṭaʕ iš-šaṭranj) (layout · text)
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ملك (malik) ملكة (malike) قلعة (ʔalʕa) وزير (wazīr) حصان (ḥsān) جندي (jundi)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj).

Noun

شطرنج • (šatranj) f (Hindi spelling शतरंज)

  1. shatranj
  2. chess
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