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語源

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

名詞

shatranj (uncountable)

1. A board game, an ancestor of modern chess.
   • 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 3:

     Engrossed in the study of a small ivory shatranj board with pieces of ebony and horn, […] the African held the place nearest the fire […]