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Mirandese
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic الشطرنج (aš-šaṭranǧ), from Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj, “chess”), from Persian شترنگ (šatrang), from Middle Persian ctlng (čatrang, “chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (chatur-anga, “four parts" of an army: king, elephants, horses, foot soldiers”).
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