xadrez

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Aragonese

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الشَطْرَنْج (aš-šaṭranj), from Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj, “chess”), from Persian شترنگ (šatrang), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (ctlng /⁠čatrang⁠/, “chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (cátur-aṅga, literally “four parts”) (of an army: king, elephants, horses, foot soldiers).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaˈdɾeθ/
  • Rhymes: -eθ
  • Syllabification: xa‧drez

Noun

xadrez m (uncountable)

  1. chess

References

  • “ajedrez”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
  • Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “xadrez”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested from the 13th century (assederez, açedrẽche, xedrez). From Andalusian Arabic الشَطْرَنْج (aš-šaṭranj), from Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj, “chess”), from Persian شترنگ (šatrang), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (ctlng /⁠čatrang⁠/, “chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (cátur-aṅga, “four parts" of an army: king, elephants, horses, foot soldiers”). Cognate with Portuguese xadrez and Spanish ajedrez.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaˈðɾeθ/, (western) /ʃaˈðɾes/

Noun

xadrez m (plural xadreces)

  1. chess
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 515:
      Et Achiles preçaua todo muy pouco quanto lle eles dizíã, et nõ paraua por eles mentes, nẽ lles rrespondía a cousa que lle disesem, ante sij́a jogando o xedrez cõ hũ seu caualeyro
      And Achiles didn't care about what they said nor did he mind them, nor did he answered anything they said, but rather he was just playing chess with one of his knights

See also

Chess pieces in Galician · pezas de xadrez (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
rei dama, raíña torre, roque alfil cabalo peón

References

  • “xedrez” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “assederez” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “assederez” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “xadrez” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “xadrez” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “xadrez” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.


Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt
tabuleiro de xadrez

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese axadrez, enxadrez, from Andalusian Arabic الشَطْرَنْج (aš-šaṭranj), from Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj, “chess”), from Persian شترنگ (šatrang), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (ctlng /⁠čatrang⁠/, “chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (cátur-aṅga, literally “four parts”) (of an army: king, elephants, horses, foot soldiers).

Cognate with Galician xadrez, Asturian axedrez, Mirandese xadreç, Spanish ajedrez and Aragonese axedrez.

Pronunciation

 

  • Audio (Portugal)(file)
  • Hyphenation: xa‧drez

Noun

xadrez m (uncountable)

  1. chess
  2. checkered pattern
  3. (metonymically) jail; prison

Adjective

xadrez m or f (plural xadrezes)

  1. checkered
    Synonyms: axadrezado, quadriculado

Related terms

See also

Chess pieces in Portuguese · peças de xadrez (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
rei rainha, dama torre bispo cavalo peão
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