Etymology

Borrowing from Persian شطرنج ‎(šatranj), from Arabic شطرنج ‎(šaṭranj), from Persian شترنگ ‎(šatrang), from Middle Persian ctlng ‎(čatrang, “chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग ‎(caturaṅga, “four parts of an army: king, elephants, horses, foot soldiers”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃət̪rəɲdʒ]