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).