köken: Inherited from Old Spanish xaque, from Arabic شاه (šāh, “shah; king chess piece”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/, “king”). Doublet of cheque and escaque (“chess tile”), the latter formerly meaning "(any) chess piece" as well. To explain the unusual rendering of Arabic -h as /k/ (-que), Coromines and Pascual suggest influence from escaque instead. They also mention an alternative idea…
aile: jácaro, jaquear, jaque mate, poner en jaque, tener en jaque
No oí bien cuando me dijo « ¡Jaque! »
Vamos, no me pongas en jaque con esa pregunta repentina.
Esta nueva epidemia está poniendo en jaque a aquellos que probablemente fueron vacunados en los 90.
mark (sign for reference or measurement) · sign (indication) · paragraph
çekim: çoğul סִימָנִים
köken: From Ancient Greek σημεῖον (sēmeîon), whence also Aramaic סִימָנָא (sīmānā) and Arabic سِيمَا (sīmā). Therefrom was denominated the entire root ס־מ־ן.
köken: From Middle Dutch scaec, from Old French eschec, from Vulgar Latin *scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king in chess”), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “shah, king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/).
shah (king of Persia or Iran, or supreme ruler in some Middle Eastern or South Asian nations) · check (a situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece) · chess set (pieces and board)
çekim: çoğul ша́хове
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian شاه (šāh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh).
to enter wrongfully or forcefully: to invade, to intrude, to poach, to trespass, to commit a trespass (upon), etc. · to transgress. · to attack; to make an offensive; to make an aggressive move or movement; to carry out an attacking campaign.
köken: From Old Khmer *រុក៑ (*ruk) or Angkorian Old Khmer រុក៑ (ruk, “to invade; to force (one's way into); to thrust (into); to penetrate; to pierce; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer រុក (ruk).
From Dutch schaak (“chess, check”), from Middle Dutch schaec, from Old French escac or directly from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh), from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”).