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Checkered (shatranji) شطرنجی
A checkered design divides the field into a grid of squares in alternating or varied colours, like a chessboard. The Persian word shatranji, from shatranj ('chess'), means chequered and is also an old name for a kind of carpet or spread.
Also Chequered · Micro Checkered · checkerboard · checks
See also Kheshti, Muharramat (stripes), Lowzi (lozenge)
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