Chess in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “chess” in Hindi is शतरंज, pronounced shataranaj — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
Borrowed from Classical Persian شَطْرَنْج (šatranj), from Arabic شطرنج (šaṭranj), from Early Classical Persian چَتْرَنْگ (čatrang), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ctlng /čatrang/, “chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga, “four parts of an army: king, elephants, horses, foot soldiers”).
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