Where does “ajedrez” come from?
ajedrez (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish axedrez, 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.
ajedrez (Spanish): chess
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Words derived from “ajedrez”