शतरंज

Hindi

Alternative forms

• शतरञ्ज (śatrañj)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

शतरंज • (śatrañj) m (Urdu spelling شطرنج)

1. chess
2. shatranj

Declension

Declension of शतरंज (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शतरंज śatrañj	शतरंज śatrañj
oblique	शतरंज śatrañj	शतरंजों śatrañjõ
vocative	शतरंज śatrañj	शतरंजो śatrañjo