The Glossary
Entry № ۰۰۱
Sports and Games
شطرنج
/ shatranj /
noun · chess
Meaning
معنی۱
شطرنج (shatranj) means chess. The word entered Persian through Arabic, which had borrowed it from the Sanskrit chaturanga. Chess itself is believed to have originated in ancient India.
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