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Shatranji. A hybrid of Shatranj and Chessgi. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
🕸💡📝Fergus Duniho wrote on Sat, Jun 24, 2006 02:26 PM UTC:
No, the name should not be Shatranjgi. Shatranji is named in the manner of Chessgi, whose g I pronounce with the j sound, and besides that Shatranjgi is just an ugly, awkward name. Anyway, all gi means in Japanese is game, the same as qi in Chinese. It doesn't mean game with drops. So Shatranjgi would be no more correct than Shatranji in any etymological sense.