șotron

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سطرنج (satranc, “checkered pattern”), from Persian شترنگ (šatrang), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲‎𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (cʾt‎lʾng /⁠čatrang⁠/, “chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga, ““four parts” of an army: king, elephants, horses, foot soldiers”).

Noun

șotron n (plural șotroane)

  1. hopscotch

Declension

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