"شطرنج" meaning in Persian

See شطرنج in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ʃat.ˈɾand͡ʒ] [Classical-Persian], [ʃät̪.ɾǽnd͡ʒ] [Dari, formal], [ʃät̪.ɾǽnd͡ʒ] [Dari, formal], [ʃät̪.ɾǽnd͡ʒ] [Kabuli], [ʃät̪.ɾǽnd͡ʒ̥] (note: Hazaragi), [ʃæt̪.ɹǽnd͡ʒ̥] [Iran, formal], [ʃät̪.ɾǽnd͡ʒ] [Tajik, formal] Forms: شَطْرَنْج [canonical], šatranj [romanization], چَترَنگ [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj, “shatranj, chess”), from Early Classical Persian چَتْرَنْگ (čatrang), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ctlng /⁠čatrang⁠/, “chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fa|ar|شَطْرَنْج|t=shatranj, chess}} Borrowed from Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj, “shatranj, chess”), {{der|fa|fa-cls|چَتْرَنْگ}} Classical Persian چَتْرَنْگ (čatrang), {{der|fa|pal|t=chess|tr=ctlng|ts=čatrang}} Middle Persian [script needed] (ctlng /⁠čatrang⁠/, “chess”), {{der|fa|sa|चतुरङ्ग}} Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun||||||||<small>[Term?]</small>||<small>[Term?]</small>|f1tr=|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=شَطْرَنْج|tr=šatranj|tr2=|tr3=}} شَطْرَنْج • (šatranj), {{fa-noun|head=شَطْرَنْج|tr=šatranj}} شَطْرَنْج • (šatranj)
  1. shatranj
    Sense id: en-شطرنج-fa-noun-jpzFMHwe Categories (other): Pages with entries, Pages with language headings in the wrong order, Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 0 25 12 0 0 12 27 12 0 Disambiguation of Pages with language headings in the wrong order: 10 0 28 10 0 0 10 30 10 0 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 97 3
  2. chess
    Sense id: en-شطرنج-fa-noun-rHOdzNEh Categories (other): Chess Disambiguation of Chess: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: شاه (šâh), وزیر (vazir), فرزین (farzin), رخ (rox), قلعه (qal'e), فیل (fil), اسب (asb), پیاده (piyâde), سرباز (sarbâz)
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