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shatranj

shatranj

English

Noun

shatranj ‎(uncountable)

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 [...].

Spanish

Noun

shatranj m ‎(uncountable)

shatranj