What country has the coolest names for the chess pieces?

Rajah - King
Rani - Queen
Vazeer (Minister) - Bishop
Haathi (Elephant) - Rook
Ghoda (Horse) - Knight
Pyada (subhuman pleb) - Pawn

Pawn - Peón
Rook - Torre
Knight - Caballo (Horse)
Bishop - Alfil (comes from the Arab word al-fil, الفيل, meaning "the elephant")
Queen - Reina
King - Rey
Personally, I think Russian has the coolest names for chess pieces.

Pawn - Peón (peasant)
Rook - Torre (tower)
Knight - Caballo (horse)
Bishop - Alfil (bishop)
Queen - Reina (queen)
King - Rey (king)

Πιόνι/στρατιώτης - Pawn/Soldier
Πύργος - Tower
Ίππος - Horse
Αξιωματιkός - Officer
Βασίλισσα - Queen
Βασιλιάς - King

Pawn - Sotilas (Soldier)
Rook - Torni (Tower)
Knight - Ratsu (Ride)
Bishop - Lähetti (Messenger)
Queen - Kuningatar (Queen)
King - Kuningas (King)

Pioni/stratiotis
Pyrgos
Hippos
Axiomatikos
Basilissa
Basilias
I'm glad I took the time to learn the Greek alphabet lol

We don't pronounce the h in Ippos and the b is pronounced as v but besides that you did well

Pawn - Pion/Pasukan
Rook - Benteng (fort)
Knight - kuda/ksatria (horse/knight)
Bishop - Mentri (minister)
Queen - Ratu
King - Raja

>We don't pronounce the h in Ippos
I thought the ' diacritical symbol (I think it's called aspiration, we call it espíritu áspero in Spanis) meant it was pronounced, but I think that's how Old Greek did it (you know, polytonic orthography), dunno about Modern Greek.
>the b is pronounced as v but besides that you did well
I'll take note, thanks.

From left to right:
Baydaq (Foot Soldier)
Qal'a (Fortress)
HoSan (Horse)
Fil (Elephant)
Malika (Queen)
Malik (King)

Pion (Pawn)
Tură / Turn (Tower)
Cal (Horse)
Nebun (Fool, madman)
Regină (Queen)
Rege (King)

Interesting to see how the elephant-bishop thing got carried from India, to the Arab world, and into the Spanish language.

It's a stress accent, with the polytonic it would be written like this: ἵππος

Pawn=piyon
Rook=kale(means castle)
Knight=at(means horse)
Bishop=fil(means elephant)
Queen=vezir
King=şah

>Nebun (Fool, madman)
Interesting

Pawn = pion
Rook = tour (tower)
Knight = cavalier (horseman)
Bishop = fou (joker or fool)
Queen = reine
Roi = king

>Serbia on vacation
Rook - Top (Cannon)
Knight - Konj (Horse) or Skakach (Jumper)
Bishop - Lovac (Hunter)
Queen - Kraljica (Queen) or Dama (Lady)
King - Kralj (King)

Some people also call the Bishop as Gajah (Elephant)

Pedone
Torre
Cavallo
Alfiere
Regina
Re

Pawn = pedone
Rook = torre
Knight = cavallo
Bishop = alfiere
Queen = regina
King = re

I spend a half year in Turku, Finland on an exchange. Finnish names:
Pawn - Sotilas = a soldier
Knight - Ratsu = a steed/horse
Bishop - Lähetti = a messenger
Rook - Torni = a tower
King - Kuningas
Queen - Kuningatar

Checkmate! - matti!

Kmet
Trdnjava/top
Konj
Laufar
Kraljica
Kralj

Pawn - gyalog (footman) or paraszt (peasant)
Rook - Bástya (Bastion)
Knight - Ló (horse) or Huszár (Hussar)
Bishop - futó (runner)
Queen - Vezér (leader) or Királynő (Queen)
King - Király (King)

I do not understand my attraction to the Hungarian language. It's almost sexy to look at.

>Sah

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Serbo-Croatian
Pawn - pješak (infantry)
Rook - top (cannon)
Knight - konjanik (cavalier)
Bishop - lovac (hunter)
Queen - kraljica
King - kralj

pěšec - footman
věž - tower
jezdec - rider
střelec - shooter
dáma - lady
král - king

*Roy

nice thread