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ajedrez

chessjuego de tablero para dos con dieciséis piezas cada uno

Comes from Arabic

الشِّطْرَنْج

ash-shiṭranj

“chess”«el ajedrez»

In Andalusi Arabic: الشَّطْرَنْج ash-shaṭranj

Arabic today says

شِطْرَنْج

shiṭranj

And it still does

The article

Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.

Arabic itself had taken it from Persian, which took it from Sanskrit.

The story

The game was born in India (chaturaṅga), passed through Persia (chatrang), and the Arabs brought it to the Iberian Peninsula; the article ash- gave the a-, and the sh gave the j.El juego nació en la India (chaturaṅga), pasó por Persia (chatrang) y los árabes lo trajeron a la Península; el artículo ash- dio la a- y la sh la j.

In a sentence

Mi hermana juega al ajedrez todos los domingos.

My sister plays chess every Sunday.

تَلْعَبُ أُخْتِي الشِّطْرَنْجَ كُلَّ يَوْمِ أَحَد.