Join free

shatranj

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

shatranj

Where it comes from

From Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj), from Early Classical Persian چَتْرَنْگ (čatrang), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (ctlng /⁠čatrang⁠/), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga).

noun

  1. uncountable A board game, an ancestor of modern chess. Engrossed in the study of a small ivory shatranj board with pieces of ebony and horn, […] the African held the place nearest the fire […]

Translations

Every language

noun an ancestor of modern chess

日本語シャトランジ shatoranji
中文波斯象棋, 沙特兰兹
हिन्दीशतरंज śatrañj, चतुरंग caturaṅg
Françaischatrang
DeutschSchatrandsch
Русскийшатра́ндж šatrándž
العربيةشِطْرَنْج šiṭranj, شَطْرَنْج šaṭranj

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"shatranj." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shatranj. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

shatranj. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shatranj

Chicago

"shatranj." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shatranj.

BibTeX
@misc{shatranj_2026,
  title = {shatranj},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shatranj},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}