शतरंज

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃət̪.ɾənd͡ʒ/, [ʃɐt̪.ɾɐ̃nd͡ʒ]

Noun

शतरंज • (śatrañjm (Urdu spelling شطرنج)

  1. chess
  2. shatranj

Declension

Declension of शतरंज (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct शतरंज
śatrañj
शतरंज
śatrañj
oblique शतरंज
śatrañj
शतरंजों
śatrañjõ
vocative शतरंज
śatrañj
शतरंजो
śatrañjo