köken: Inherited from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king [is] conquered”). Perhaps conflated with Arabic مَاتَ (māta, “to die”).
köken: Borrowed from French mat, short for échec et mat, from Arabic شَاهُ مَاتَ (šāhu māta), ultimately from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is amazed”).
köken: From Dutch schaakmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Persian شاه مات (“šâh mât, the king is dead”). Equivalent to syah + mati. Doublet of emat.
köken: Derived from Arabic مَاتَ (māta) in Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is dead”).
Slovencemat, šah mat
Letoncašahs un mats
Etimoloji
Inherited from Prakrit मत्ता (mattā), from Sanskrit मात्रा (mātrā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́tram, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₁-tro-m (“measurement”).