The names of the Rook piece are interesting, incidentally the Japanese name Flying Chariot is closer to the Old Indic original (Chariot) than the Western names. In Western languages, the word Rook is completely opaque and even etymologist have difficulties with it (it comes from Persian via Arabic, but the meaning is unclear), the German word Turm means "tower", the Russian word Ladya "boat". For reasons completely unknown, the piece is also named boat in Javanese.
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The names of the Rook piece are interesting, incidentally the Japanese name Flying Chariot is closer to the Old Indic original (Chariot) than the Western names. In Western languages, the word Rook is completely opaque and even etymologist have difficulties with it (it comes from Persian via Arabic, but the meaning is unclear), the German word Turm means "tower", the Russian word Ladya "boat". For reasons completely unknown, the piece is also named boat in Javanese.
The English Wikipedia has a good article including the different words for the Rook in many languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook_(chess)#History