skak
Danish
/skak/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) chess
- (chess) check
Etymology
Derived from Middle Dutch scaec derived from Old French eschec derived from Latin *scaccus derived from Arabic شَاه (king in chess, king) derived from Persian شاه (king, shah, master, shh, big) derived from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (king) derived from Old Persian 𐏋 (king, ruler).
Origin
Old Persian
𐏋
Gloss
king, ruler
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
王
Emoji
👑 🦁
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- CheckUser English
- aircheck English
- backcheck English
- buttcheck English
- check English
- checkability English
- checkable English
- checkage English
- checkback English
- checkbox English
- checker English
- checkest English
- checketh English
- checkitis English
- checkless English
- checklist English
- checkmark English
- checkpoint English
- checkpost English
- checkrein English
- checkride English
- checkroll English
- checkroom English
- checkrow English
- checkstand English
- checkstop English
- checkstring English
- checksum English
- checkweighman English
- checkwork English
- checkwriter English
- cheque English
- countercheck English
- cross-check English
- e-check English
- forecheck English
- hatcheck English
- mischeck English
- namecheck English
- overcheck English
- precheck English
- recheck English
- shah English
- soundcheck English
- stopcheck English
- telecheck English
- uncheck English
- *scaccus Latin
- scacci Latin
- scaccus Latin
- scaccārium Latin
- Check German
- Schach German
- Schah German
- checken German
- checken Dutch, Flemish
- sjah Dutch, Flemish
- checker French
- schah French
- чек Russian
- шах Russian
- *tek- Proto-Indo-European
- sjah Norwegian Bokmål
- sjekk Norwegian Bokmål
- checar Portuguese
- xeque Portuguese
- xá Portuguese
- check Swedish
- shah Swedish
- sjah Norwegian Nynorsk
- sjekk Norwegian Nynorsk
- chek Middle English
- skák Old Norse
- brik Danish
- check Danish
- skakbrik Danish
- tjek Danish
- šach Czech
- شَاه Arabic
- مَقَدِيشُو Arabic
- eschec Old French
- eschés Old French
- ĉeko Esperanto
- ček Serbo-Croatian
- чек Serbo-Croatian
- xa Catalan, Valencian
- करना Hindi
- शाह Hindi
- шоҳ Persian
- خوارزمشاه Persian
- شاه Persian
- شاهانه Persian
- شاهزاده Persian
- شاهوار Persian
- شاهکار Persian
- شاهتوت Persian
- شاهدانه Persian
- مقعد Persian
- τσεκάρω Greek (modern)
- tsek Cebuano
- scaec Middle Dutch
- šahs Latvian
- shakar Ido
- çek Turkish
- şah Turkish
- syah Malay
- schāch Middle High German
- шаһ Kazakh
- şah Azerbaijani
- אחשורוש Hebrew (modern)
- חשיארש Hebrew (modern)
- צ׳ק Hebrew (modern)
- شاه Ottoman Turkish
- check Chinese
- 沙赫 Chinese
- 沙阿 Chinese
- *ksayati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *kšáyati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- šach Slovak
- شاھ Uighur, Uyghur
- 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 Middle Persian
- 𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 Middle Persian
- itsheki Xhosa
- sek Tok Pisin
- xake Basque
- חשיארש Aramaic
- *xšáyati Proto-Iranian
- Shohjahon Uzbek
- 𐏋 Old Persian
- چيك Gulf Arabic
- шагь Kumyk
- şa Turkmen
- chek karo Fiji Hindi