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الشطرنج

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This entry discusses the game of chess and a medicinal substance. It explores etymological origins, including potential derivations from 'cleverness' or 'division', and notes its possible foreign origin.

Derived headwords

الشَّطْرَنْجname
  1. 1.
    Chessboth

    A strategic board game played by two players, involving the movement of pieces with different capabilities.

الشَّيْطَرْجname
  1. 1.
    Medicineclassical

    A medicinal substance, possibly of foreign origin, known to be beneficial for ailments such as joint pain, vitiligo, and leucoderma.

Parallel reading

الشَّطْرَنْج، ولا يفتح أوله: لعبة م
Chess, and its first letter is not opened (pronounced fathah): a game.
والسين لغة فيه
And the 'seen' is a pronunciation for it.
من الشطارة
From 'cleverness'.
أو من التشطير
Or from 'division'.
أو معرب
Or a loanword.
والشَّيْطَرْج، بكسر الشين: دواء م
And 'shaytarj', with a kasrah on the sheen: a medicine.
معرب: جيترك بالهندية
Loanword: 'jitrak' in Indian.
نافع لوجع المفاصل والبرص والبهق
Beneficial for joint pain, vitiligo, and leucoderma.