Where does “شطرنج” come from?
شطرنج (Urdu) 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.
شطرنج (Urdu): shatranj; chess
Ancestry of “شطرنج”, step by step