Where does “سطرنجلو” come from?
سطرنجلو (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish سطرنج, 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 — and.
سطرنجلو (Ottoman Turkish): checkered, divided into light and dark squares
Definitions
- checkered, divided into light and dark squares
Ancestry of “سطرنجلو”, step by step
سطرنجلو traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ottoman Turkish سطرنج
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | سطرنج | chess, a board game for two players |
| 2 | Arabic | شَطْرَنْج | chess; shatranj, chess |
| 3 | Arabic | شطرنج | shatranj; chess |
| 4 | Classical Persian | چَتْرَنْگ | — |
| 5 | Middle Persian | ctlng | chess |
| 6 | Sanskrit | चतुरङ्ग | having 4 limbs; comprising elephants, chariots,... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | चतुर् | four |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ćatwā́ras | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | čatwā́ras | four |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |