what is the name of the chess pieces in your language?
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what is the name of the chess pieces in your language?
for us(persian language):
1-the king is called /shah/ (which equals the word King in english)
2-the queen is called /vazir/ which equals the word Minister in english)
3-the bishop id called /fil/ which equals the word Elephant in english)
4-the knight is called /asb/ which equals the word horse in english)
5-the rook is called /rookh/ which is the persian form of the word rook
6-the pawn is called /sarbaz/ or /piyade/ (which equals the word soldier and afoot in english)
also we instead of check we say /kish/ and instead of checmate we say /mat/
knight = hoss
rukh = castle
Rock wieża roszada - castle polish
Pešak / Pion (Walker / Peon) - Pawn
Konj / Skakač (Horse / Jumper) - Knight
Lovac (Hunter) - Bishop
Top (Cannon) - Rook
Kraljica / Dama (Queen / Lady) - Queen
Kralj (King) - King
In brackets are English translations of those Serbian words.
Pawn=Pion. Knight=Cal
Bishop=nebun
Rook=tură
Queen=regina
King=rege
Portuguese:
1. Pawn = Peão
2. Knight = Cavalo
3. Bishop = Bispo
4. Rook = Torre
5. Queen = Dama
6. King = Rei
pawn = 'Bauer' (peasant)
rook = 'Turm' (tower)
knight = 'Springer' (jumper)
bishop = 'Läufer' (runner)
queen = 'Dame' (lady)
king = 'König' (king)
