Where does “शतरंज” come from?
शतरंज (Hindi) comes from Arabic شَطْرَنْج, from Arabic شطرنج, from Classical Persian چَتْرَنْگ, from Middle Persian ctlng, from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग, from Sanskrit चतुर्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ćatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čatwā́ras — and.
शतरंज (Hindi): chess; shatranj
Ancestry of “शतरंज”, step by step