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Buryat
Noun
шатар • (šatar)
- chess
Mongolian
Etymology
From Persian شترنگ (šatrang, “shatranj”), from Middle Persian (ctlng /čatrang/), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga).
Cognate with Kalmyk шатр (şatr), found as early as Middle Mongol as شطرنجين (“šaṭranjin”, genitive singular).
Pronunciation
Noun
шатар • (šatar) (Mongolian spelling ᠰᠢᠲᠠᠷᠠ (sitar-a)); (regular declension)
- chess
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