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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD

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CHILD / LATER FORM / attestedPersian · Persian · chess game

šatranj

chess

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedMiddle Persian · Middle Persian · chess game

čatrang

chess

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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE

SOUND CHANGE

Persian šatranj continues Middle Persian čatrang with palatal and final-consonant development.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

The game name remains chess.

CHRONOLOGY

Late Sasanian to New Persian.

SCHOLAR / EDITORIAL AUTHORITY

Bo Utas

CONFIDENCE

established — Iranica records the Middle and New Persian forms but does not reduce the history to one sound-law formula.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

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CITATION REGISTER

SOURCES ON THIS EDGE

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ChessHeadword summary and History of Chess in Persia

Documents the caturaṅga, čatrang, šatranj, Arabic, and European game-name route.

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