check
Danish
[ˈɕɛɡ̊]
noun
Definitions
- cheque
Etymology
Borrowed from English cheque borrowed from Old French eschek (check) derived from Latin scaccus (king, shah) derived from Arabic شَاه (king in chess, king) derived from Persian شاه (king, shah, master, shh, big).
Origin
Persian
شاه
Gloss
king, shah, master, shh, big
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
主
Emoji
👑 🦁
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Eurocheque English
- check English
- chequable English
- cheque English
- chequebook English
- chequeless English
- chequewriter English
- e-cheque English
- girocheque English
- shah English
- *scaccus Latin
- scaccarium Latin
- scacci Latin
- scaccus Latin
- Schach German
- Schah German
- csekk Hungarian
- cheque Dutch, Flemish
- sjah Dutch, Flemish
- schah French
- чек Russian
- шах Russian
- cheque Spanish, Castilian
- sjah Norwegian Bokmål
- xeque Portuguese
- xá Portuguese
- shah Swedish
- czek Polish
- sjah Norwegian Nynorsk
- chek Middle English
- seic Irish
- skák Old Norse
- skak Danish
- skakbrik Danish
- šach Czech
- شَاه Arabic
- مَقَدِيشُو Arabic
- eschec Old French
- eschek Old French
- eschés Old French
- xa Catalan, Valencian
- xec Catalan, Valencian
- tékki Icelandic
- चैक Hindi
- शाह Hindi
- cheque Galician
- шоҳ Persian
- خوارزمشاه Persian
- شاه Persian
- شاهانه Persian
- شاهزاده Persian
- شاهوار Persian
- شاهکار Persian
- شاهتوت Persian
- شاهدانه Persian
- مقعد Persian
- เช็ค Thai
- scaec Middle Dutch
- šahs Latvian
- shakar Ido
- şah Turkish
- tjek Afrikaans
- chèque Norman
- syah Malay
- schāch Middle High German
- шаһ Kazakh
- şah Azerbaijani
- tšekk Estonian
- شاه Ottoman Turkish
- *skāk Old Dutch
- 仄紙 Chinese
- 沙赫 Chinese
- 沙阿 Chinese
- šach Slovak
- cheki Swahili
- شاھ Uighur, Uyghur
- 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 Middle Persian
- xake Basque
- Shohjahon Uzbek
- шагь Kumyk
- şa Turkmen