شترنگ

Persian

Alternative forms

• سترنگ (satrang)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (ctlng /⁠čatrang⁠/, “chess”) from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga).

Noun

شترنگ • (šatrang)

1. (obsolete) chess
2. (obsolete) mandrake

   Synonyms: مردمگیاه, استرنگ, مهرگیاه, اشترنگ

Descendants

• → Arabic: شطرنج (šaṭranj)
  • Andalusian Arabic: شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj)
    • → Aragonese: axedrez
    • → Asturian: axedrez
    • → Mirandese: xadreç
    • → Old Galician-Portuguese: axadrez, enxadrez
      • Galician: xadrez
      • Portuguese: xadrez
    • → Old Spanish: axedrez
      • Spanish: ajedrez
        • → Bikol Central: ahedres
        • → Cebuano: ahedres
        • → Hiligaynon: ahedres
        • → Ilocano: ahedres
        • → Tagalog: ahedres
  • → 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)
      • Turkish: satranç
    • → Punjabi: ਸ਼ਤਰੰਜ (śatrañj)
    • Tajik: шатранҷ (šatranj)
  • → Russian: шатра́ндж (šatrándž)
  • → Swahili: sataranji
• → Mongolian: шатар (šatar)
• → Georgian: ჭადრაკი (č̣adraḳi)
• → Koine Greek: ζατρίκιον (zatríkion)
  • → Greek: ζατρίκιο (zatríkio)
• → Middle Armenian: ճատրակ (čatrak), ճարտրակ (čartrak), ճատրկուց (čatrkucʻ), ճատրկոց (čatrkocʻ)
  • → Armenian: ճատրակ (čatrak) (learned)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “شترنگ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul