chatranj شطرنج
Tunisian Derja · noun
“chatranj” (شطرنج) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning chess (the game).
Meanings
- chess (the game)
Usage
Chatranj refers to the game of chess. It is mostly used with the verb "lo3eb" (to play): "yal3eb echatranj". The word is usually preceded by the article. One can also say "lo3bet echatranj". In French the game is plural, "les échecs", while the Tunisian word is singular. The word appears mainly in conversations about café or board games, alongside "chkobba", "rami" or dominoes.
Example
تعرف تلعب الشطرنج؟
ta3ref tal3eb echatranj?
“Do you know how to play chess?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “chatranj” but also “chatrenj”, “chatrange” and “shatranj”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “chatranj” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “game of chess”: chtranj in Moroccan.