For the BD: well General as BDD was named as such 200 years ago and only once. Today we know so many more CV and none has taken that name again. In any case, General is a too generic word to be used as such in a chess variant. And the shogi variants kill the point with many "metal" Generals. So, I don't think Major for BD has an advantage. Keeping something from the parents, Bishop and Dabbaba, seems more important to my eyes.
For the RA: I also prefer my suggestion keeping some elements from the parents. After all, it is a principle that Betza applied with some success on other pieces.
For the QAD: Yes Quad would follow the principle I'm pushing above. However, this piece is a super-queen, I would have found a noun associated with a female ruler, Empress is already taken, Matriarch maybe. Or, what's wrong with Begum?
@Bob
For the BD: well General as BDD was named as such 200 years ago and only once. Today we know so many more CV and none has taken that name again. In any case, General is a too generic word to be used as such in a chess variant. And the shogi variants kill the point with many "metal" Generals. So, I don't think Major for BD has an advantage. Keeping something from the parents, Bishop and Dabbaba, seems more important to my eyes.
For the RA: I also prefer my suggestion keeping some elements from the parents. After all, it is a principle that Betza applied with some success on other pieces.
For the QAD: Yes Quad would follow the principle I'm pushing above. However, this piece is a super-queen, I would have found a noun associated with a female ruler, Empress is already taken, Matriarch maybe. Or, what's wrong with Begum?