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shatranj

shatranj noun: a board game, an ancestor of modern chess.

shatranj: a board game, an ancestor of modern chess
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Noun

shatranj (uncountable)

  1. 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 […]2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 3

shatranj meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Sanskrit

shatranj in Hindi

an ancestor of modern chess
शतरंज śatrañj, चतुरंग caturaṅg

shatranj in Urdu

an ancestor of modern chess
شَطْرَن٘ج śatrañj

shatranj in Punjabi

shatranj
شطرنج śat̤ranj, ਸ਼ਤਰੰਜ śatrañj

shatranj in Sanskrit

an ancestor of modern chess
चतुरङ्ग caturaṅga
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shatranj in Arabic
شِطْرَنْج šiṭranj, شَطْرَنْج šaṭranj

Origin of shatranj

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

Questions about shatranj

What does shatranj mean?
Shatranj means a board game, an ancestor of modern chess.
What is shatranj in Hindi?
Shatranj in Hindi is शतरंज (śatrañj), चतुरंग (caturaṅg). See Shatranj meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is shatranj?
Shatranj is a noun.

Words near shatranj in the dictionary

  1. Shatnerverse
  2. shatnez
  3. shatoosh
  4. shatooshes
  5. shatposted
  6. shatranj
  7. Shatrughna
  8. shats
  9. shatt
  10. Shatt al-Arab
  11. Shatt-al-Arab

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: shatranj (page history and authors); شطرنج (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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