Word Origin Summary

𐭰𐭠𐭲‎𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 is attested in Middle Persian. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• شطرنج

  Arabic · derived from

• शतरंज

  Hindi · derived from

• ζατρίκιον

  Ancient Greek · borrowed from

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