satrançlı

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سطرنجلو (satranclı, “checkered, crisscross”), equivalent to satranç (“chess”) +‎ -lı.

Adjective

satrançlı

1. checkered, divided into light and dark squares

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “satrançlı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4147