Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الشطرنج ‎(aš-šaṭranǧ), from Arabic شَطْرَنْج ‎(šaṭranj, “chess”), from Persian شترنگ ‎(šatrang), from Middle Persian ctlng ‎(čatrang, “chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग ‎(chatur-anga, “four parts" of an army: king, elephants, horses, foot soldiers”).