eschec
Old French
noun
Definitions
- failure act of failing
- (chess) check instance where one must move or cover the king
Etymology
Inherited from Latin scaccus (king, shah) 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
- scaccarium 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
- skak Danish
- tjek Danish
- šach Czech
- شَاه Arabic
- مَقَدِيشُو Arabic
- eschek 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
- *skāk Old Dutch
- 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