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شَطْرَنْج
chess /ʃatˤˈrand͡ʒ/
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Example sentences
أنا أُحِبُّ الشَّطْرَنْج.
I like chess.
هَلْ تَلْعَبُ الشَّطْرَنْج؟
Do you play chess?
تَعَلَّمْتُ قَواعِدَ الشَّطْرَنْج في المَدْرَسَة.
I learned the rules of chess at school.
يُعْتَبَرُ الشَّطْرَنْجُ رِياضَةً ذِهْنِيَّةً تَتَطَلَّبُ تَرْكيزاً عالِياً.
Chess is considered a mental sport that requires high concentration.
عِنْدَما أَتْقَنَ اللاعِبُ اسْتِراتيجِيّاتِ الشَّطْرَنْجِ المُتَقَدِّمَة، أَصْبَحَ قادِراً عَلى التَّنَبُّؤِ بِحَرَكاتِ خَصْمِه.
When the player mastered advanced chess strategies, he became able to predict his opponent's moves.
ازْدَهَرَتْ لُعْبَةُ الشَّطْرَنْجِ في العَصْرِ العَبّاسِيّ حَتّى غَدَتْ رَمْزاً لِلْحِكْمَةِ وَالتَّخْطيطِ الاسْتِراتيجِيّ بَيْنَ النُّخْبَةِ المُثَقَّفَة.
Chess flourished in the Abbasid era until it became a symbol of wisdom and strategic planning among the cultured elite.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شَطْرَنْجٌ | no plural (mass/game noun) |
| Genitive | شَطْرَنْجٍ | no plural (mass/game noun) |
| Accusative | شَطْرَنْجاً | no plural (mass/game noun) |
| Vocative | يا شَطْرَنْجُ | no plural (mass/game noun) |
Word family
شَطْرَنْجِيّchess player; chess-related
لاعِب الشَّطْرَنْجchess player
رُقْعَة الشَّطْرَنْجchessboard
حِجارَة الشَّطْرَنْجchess pieces
Etymology
Arabic borrowed shatranj from Middle Persian chatrang. The Persian word in turn came from Sanskrit chaturanga, meaning four divisions, a reference to the four branches of an ancient Indian army: infantry, cavalry, elephants, and chariots, which became the pieces of the game. Arab scholars adopted both the game and the word during the early Islamic period, and shatranj later gave English the word check and checkmate through the Persian phrase shah mat, the king is helpless.
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