ajedrez

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • axedrez (obsolete)
  • aljedrez (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish axedrez, borrowed from Arabic شِطْرَنْج (šiṭranj) via Andalusian Arabic, from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲‎𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (cʾt‎lʾng /⁠čatrang⁠/), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /axeˈdɾeθ/ [a.xeˈð̞ɾeθ] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /axeˈdɾes/ [a.xeˈð̞ɾes] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eθ (Spain)
  • Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Syllabification: a‧je‧drez

Noun

ajedrez m (plural ajedreces)

  1. chess
    • 2023 April, “Leyes Del Ajedrez 2023”, in FIDE‎[1], page 3:
      La partida de ajedrez se juega entre dos adversarios que mueven alternativamente sus propias piezas sobre un tablero cuadrado, llamado “tablero de ajedrez”.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Bikol Central: ahedres
  • → Cebuano: ahedres
  • → Hiligaynon: ahedres
  • → Tagalog: ahedres

See also

Chess pieces in Spanish · piezas de ajedrez (layout · text)
rey dama, reina torre, roque alfil caballo peón

Further reading

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