šach-mat

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Slovak[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

šachmat

Etymology[edit]

Derived from Persian (šâh mât, “the king is dead”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈʃaxmat/

Interjection[edit]

the words spoken at the end of a chess game by the winner, checkmate

Related terms[edit]

mat m

Further reading[edit]

“šach-mat”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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