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xadrez.

chess

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃaˈdɾe(j)s/Brazil[ʃaˈdɾe(ɪ̯)s]Brazil/ʃaˈdɾe(j)ʃ/Rio-de-Janeiro[ʃaˈdɾe(ɪ̯)ʃ]Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. chess

    masculine · uncountable

  2. checkered pattern

    masculine · uncountable

  3. jail, prison

    masculine · metonymically · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras Sanskrit चतुर् (catúr) Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng-der. Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hángas Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hángas Sanskrit अङ्ग (áṅga) Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga)bor. Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (cʾtlʾng /⁠čatrang⁠/) Classical Persian چَتْرَنگ (čatrang)bor. Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj) Andalusian Arabic الشَطْرَنْج (aš-šaṭranj)bor. Old Galician-Portuguese xedrez Portuguese xadrez Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese xedrez, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الشَطْرَنْج (aš-šaṭranj), from Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj), borrowed from Classical Persian چَتْرَنگ (čatrang), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (cʾtlʾng /⁠čatrang⁠/, “chess”), borrowed from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga, “comprising elephants, chariots, cavalry, and infantry”), from चतुर् (catúr, “four”) + अङ्ग (áṅga, “limb, member”), literally “four limbs; four members”. Cognate with Galician xadrez, Asturian axedrez, Mirandese xadreç, Spanish ajedrez and Aragonese axedrez.

adj/ʃaˈdɾe(j)s/Brazil[ʃaˈdɾe(ɪ̯)s]Brazil/ʃaˈdɾe(j)ʃ/Rio-de-Janeiro[ʃaˈdɾe(ɪ̯)ʃ]Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. checkered

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Indo-Iranian *čatwā́ras Sanskrit चतुर् (catúr) Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng-der. Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hángas Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hángas Sanskrit अङ्ग (áṅga) Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga)bor. Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (cʾtlʾng /⁠čatrang⁠/) Classical Persian چَتْرَنگ (čatrang)bor. Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj) Andalusian Arabic الشَطْرَنْج (aš-šaṭranj)bor. Old Galician-Portuguese xedrez Portuguese xadrez Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese xedrez, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الشَطْرَنْج (aš-šaṭranj), from Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj), borrowed from Classical Persian چَتْرَنگ (čatrang), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (cʾtlʾng /⁠čatrang⁠/, “chess”), borrowed from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga, “comprising elephants, chariots, cavalry, and infantry”), from चतुर् (catúr, “four”) + अङ्ग (áṅga, “limb, member”), literally “four limbs; four members”. Cognate with Galician xadrez, Asturian axedrez, Mirandese xadreç, Spanish ajedrez and Aragonese axedrez.

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