शतरंज

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Hindi[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian شطرنج (šatranj), from Arabic شطرنج (šaṭranj), from Classical Persian شترنگ (šatrang), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ctlng /⁠čatrang⁠/, chess), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga, four parts of an army: king, elephants, horses, foot soldiers).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃət̪.ɾənd͡ʒ/, [ʃɐt̪.ɾɐ̃nd͡ʒ]

Noun[edit]

शतरंज (śatrañjm (Urdu spelling شطرنج)

  1. chess
  2. shatranj

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