shatranj

Etymology

From Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj), from Persian شترنگ (šatrang), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ctlng /⁠čatrang⁠/), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga).

noun

  1. An ancestor of modern chess.
    Engrossed in the study of a small ivory shatranj board with pieces of ebony and horn, […] the African held the place nearest the fire […] 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 3

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