mate
Cebuano
noun
Definitions
- (chess) a checkmate
Etymology
Derived from English checkmate derived from Middle English chekmat derived from Old French eschec mat derived from Arabic شَاهُ مَاتَ derived from Persian شاه مات (the king is dead, the king is conquered, h mt, the king amazed, the king is ambushed, the king died, checkmate, the king is ambushed conquered, the king is amazed, the king dead, the king is helpless).
Origin
Persian
شاه مات
Gloss
the king is dead, the king is conquered, h mt, the king amazed, the king is ambushed, the king died, checkmate, the king is ambushed conquered, the king is amazed, the king dead, the king is helpless
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- checkmate English
- Schachmatt German
- schaakmat Dutch, Flemish
- mat French
- шах и мат Russian
- xeque-mate Portuguese
- chekmat Middle English
- mat Czech
- شَاهُ مَاتَ Arabic
- مَات Arabic
- مَاتَ Arabic
- eschec mat Old French
- mat Old French
- शहमात Hindi
- شاه مات Persian
- syahmat Malay
- شهمت Malay
- schāch unde mat Middle High German
- шахмат Kazakh
- şahmat Azerbaijani
- שחמט Hebrew (modern)
- შამათი Georgian
- šach-mat Slovak