Shatranj

Origin

From Arabic شطرنج, from Persian شترنگ, from Middle Persian ctlng, from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग.

Full definition of shatranj

Noun

1. An ancestor of modern chess.
• 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre 2008, p. 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 ....