chess pieces at different languages

In Arabic the queen is a minister , The bishop is an elephant! and the knight is only a hours ( apparently moving on its own) ..I wonder if other languages have different names.

Yes, other languages do have different names.

The following Wikipedia article has a large number of them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_piece

I think it would be better if a native wrote the meaning of the piece in his language adding his opinion.

Yes, bishop is named alfil here, an Arabic word for elephant if I'm not wrong.

In Italian, the alfil becomes an alfiere, a flagman.

Hebrew: King, knights and queens are the same as in English. 

The rook becomes a turret (on top of the castle)

The bishop is a courier or a messenger

The pawn is called "foot soldier"

By the way "Alfil" is THE elephent in Arabic... the word you have for "the" in Spanish comes from Arabic...

Yes, there are lots of Spanish words wich start with "al" due to that.

In German the knight is a "springer" or a jumper...  and the bishop is "laufer" - simply a runner. 

In Italian and French the queen is "Dama" or "Dame" - the lady

In French "Alfil" becomes "le fou" - the madman, the crazy person.. strange how these things evolve

<Pulpofeira> not only that - your most standard "el" simply derives directly from Arabic. 

So "el alfil" is "the the elephant", then. :)

Exactly :-) !!! It was always funny to me for that reason. 

In Danish the the knight is a "springer" meaning jumper.

The rook is a "tårn" meaning a tower

The pawn is a "bonde". Bonde is an old word for a farmer, maybe peasant is better translation for bonde than farmer.

( I guess it comes from a time where the minor soldiers in the army were peasants called in for each occasion )

The Bishop is a "løber" meaning a runner.

Another meaning of the word "løber" is some one that serve Monarch's spouse during an official event. Maybe thats the kind of "løber" that has given the chesspiece th it's name.

Well, we call them like this:

Pawn - Pešiak (Foot Soldier)

Bishop - Strelec (an archer/shooter)

Knight - Kôn/ Jazdec (Horse/Rider)

Rook - Veža (Tower)

Queen - Dáma (Lady)

King - Kráľ (Obvious)

Would love to hear your interpretations.