शतरंज

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शतरंज

/ʃət̪.ɾənd͡ʒ/ Hindi, Standard
[ʃɐt̪.ɾɐ̃nd͡ʒ] Hindi, Standard

Where it comes from

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”).

noun śatrañj · شطرنج · शतरंज · शतरंजों

masculine chess
masculine shatranj

In English

chess two-player board game
shatranj an ancestor of modern chess

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"शतरंज." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9C. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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शतरंज. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9C

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"शतरंज." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9C.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {शतरंज},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9C},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}