ճատրակ

Learned borrowing from Middle Armenian ճատրակ (čatrak).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑtˈɾɑk/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑdˈɾɑɡ/,

ճատրակ • (čatrak)

1. (Western Armenian, rare in Eastern Armenian) chess

   Synonym: շախմատ (šaxmat)

• ճարտրակ (čartrak), ճատրկուց (čatrkucʻ), ճատրկոց (čatrkocʻ)

From Old Armenian *ճատրակ (*čatrak), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (ctlng /⁠čatrang⁠/) or perhaps from a secondary *čatrak form. Ultimately from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (cátur-aṅga, “"four parts" of an army: king, elephants, horses, foot soldiers”).

ճատրակ • (čatrak)

1. chess

• → Armenian: ճատրակ (čatrak) (learned)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ճատրակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ճատրակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “ճատրակ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ճատրակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy