چترنگ

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (cʾtlʾng /⁠čatrang⁠/, “chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃat.ˈraŋɡ/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰät̪.ɾáŋɡ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰät̪.ɾáŋɡ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰät̪.ɾáŋɡ̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰæt̪ʰ.ɹǽŋɡʲ̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰät̪.ɾáŋɡ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	čatrang
Dari reading^?	čatrang
Iranian reading^?	čatrang
Tajik reading^?	čatrang

Noun


Iranian Persian	چترنگ
Dari	چترنگ
Tajik	чатранг

چترنگ • (čatrang)

older form of (šatranj)

Descendants

→ Arabic: شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj)
- Andalusian Arabic: شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj)
  - → Aragonese: axedrez
  - → Asturian: axedrez
  - → Mirandese: xadreç
  - → Old Galician-Portuguese: axadrez, enxadrez
    - Galician: xadrez
    - Portuguese: xadrez
  - → Old Spanish: axedrez, acedrej, acedrex, acedreyx, açedrex, axadrez, xedrez, axedres, exedres (late?)
    - Spanish: ajedrez
      - → Central Bikol: ahedres
      - → Cebuano: ahedres
      - → Hiligaynon: ahedres
      - → Tagalog: ahedres
- → Amharic: ሰንጠረዥ (sänṭäräž)
- → English: shatranj
- → Middle Armenian: սատրինճ (satrinč), սաթրինճ (satʻrinč), սատրիճ (satrič)
  - Armenian: սատրինջ (satrinǰ)
- → Persian: شطرنج (šatranj)
  - → Azerbaijani: satranc
  - → Gujarati: શેતરંજ (śetrañj)
  - → Hindi: शतरंज (śatrañj)
  - → Odia: ସତରଞ୍ଜ (satarañja)
  - → Ottoman Turkish: شطرنج (şatranc)
    - Turkish: satranç
  - → Punjabi: ਸ਼ਤਰੰਜ (śatrañj)
  - Tajik: шатранҷ (šatranj)
- → Russian: шатра́ндж (šatrándž)
- → Swahili: sataranji
→ Mongolian: шатар (šatar)

Further reading

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “چترنگ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.