3. Italian - Scacchi
Chess In All The Langues Of The World
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Hungarian - sakk
I must add that Hungarian is one of the very few languages in which the Queen (which name was given to it under 'feudalism') is correctly called 'vezér' after its ancient persian name ( vazír - meaning 'minister').
Afrikaans - Skaak
Would you please list the name of the pieces as well. It would make it more interesting.
Hungarian:
Pawn - gyalog ( 'someone who walks' )
Knight - huszár ( this is the name of the Hungarian cavalry soldier )
Bishop - futó ( 'somenone who runs' )
Rook - bástya ( 'fortress' )
Queen - vezér ( 'commander' )
King - király ( 'king' )
Oct 20, 2013
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watcha wrote:
Would you please list the name of the pieces as well. It would make it more interesting.
Hungarian:
Pawn - gyalog ( 'someone who walks' )
Knight - huszár ( this is the name of the Hungarian cavalry soldier )
Bishop - futó ( 'somenone who runs' )
Rook - bástya ( 'fortress' )
Queen - vezér ( 'commander' )
King - király ( 'king' )
Nice!
Icelandic:
Pawn - Peð
Knight - Riddari
Bishop - Biskup
Rook - Hrókur
Queen - Drottning
King - Kóngur
And it is very similar in faroese!
Oct 20, 2013
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The original word for "chess", is chaturanga, ....
4 members of an army
....- elephants, horses, chariots, and foot soldiers.
Oct 20, 2013
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Dutch :
Chess = Schaken ; Check = Schaak ; Checkmate = mat ; Stalemate = pat.
- Pion = pawn
- Paard = knight (horse)
- Loper = bishop (runner , walker : old books speak of Bischop)
- Toren = rook (tower)
- Dame = queen (lady)
- Koning = king
Swedish:
Pawn = Bonde
Knight = Springare
Bishop = Löpare
Rook = Torn
Queen = Drottning
King = Kung
(i think)
شطرنج
persian
satranç Turkish
şahmat azerbaijan!
becuase more than 30milion turk live in iran!and I am one of them!
Spanish (I am Cuban):
Chess -- el Ajedrez
King -- el Rey
Queen -- la Dama
Rook -- la Torre
Bishop -- el Alfil
Knight -- el Caballo
Pawn -- el Peon
In Chinese it's 国际象棋, literally translated as "international chess" (in order to distinguish it from Chinese chess).
watcha wrote:
Hungarian - sakk
do hungarian chess players sac a lot?
In the language of non-chessplayers it's "checkers," literally translated as "a complicated game that one des not understand."
Zimzz99 wrote:
Swedish:
Pawn = Bonde
Knight = Springare
Bishop = Löpare
Rook = Torn
Queen = Drottning
King = Kung
(i think)
At first I thought it said "Pawn=Blonde," and I was like, yeah, that makes sense.
French (Thanks Google Translate!)
chess - échecs
check- vérifier
checkmate - échec et mat
king - roi
queen - reine
rook - freux
bishop - évêque
knight - chevalier
pawn - pion
Zimzz99 wrote:
Swedish:
Pawn = Bonde
Knight = Springare
Bishop = Löpare
Rook = Torn
Queen = Drottning
King = Kung
(i think)
Correct.
Except Queen = Dam
1. English - Chess
2. Icelandic - Skák
..Keep it going!