șotron

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سطرنج (satranc, checkered pattern), from Persian شترنگ (šatrang), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲‎𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (cʾt‎lʾng /⁠čatrang⁠/, chess), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga, “four parts” of an army: king, elephants, horses, foot soldiers).

Noun

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șotron n (plural șotroane)

  1. hopscotch

Declension

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