chess (game) · check (chess situation in which the king is directly threatened)
çekim: çoğul Schachs · tamlayan Schachs
eş: das königliche Spiel, Schachspiel, Schachgebot
köken: From Middle High German schāch, from Arabic شاه (šāh), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/, “king”). Doublet of Check, Schah, and Scheck. Oriental words were usually borrowed into Middle High German through Italian or Old French. Therefore the final /x/ is remarkable, because this sound was replaced with /k/ in Italian…
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish axedrez, borrowed from Arabic شِطْرَنْج (šiṭranj) via Andalusian Arabic, from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (cʾtlʾng /čatrang/), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga).
köken: Ultimately from Classical Persian شَاهْمَاتْ (šāh-māt, “checkmate”, literally “the king is stunned”). The usage of it to mean "chess" is a phono-semantic matching of Russian шахматы (šaxmaty, “chess”). Compare Tajik шоҳмот (šohmot, “chess”).
köken: From Middle Dutch schaec, from Old French escac or directly from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “king”).
chess; a game of strategy for two players. · check; a situation in which the king is directly threatened by enemy pieces
köken: From German Schach, from Middle High German schāch, from Latin scaccī, from Arabic شَاه (šāh), from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”), related to shah. Doublet of shah.
chess (board game) · chess set · difficult situation, task or gameplay, requiring ingenuity and planning
çekim: çoğul szachów · tamlayan szachów
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tek- Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati Proto-Iranian *xšáyati Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ) Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ) Persian شاه (šâh)bor. Polish szach Proto-Indo-European *ís Proto-Balto-Slavic *is Proto-Slavic *jь Old Polish -y Polish -y Polish szachy From szach + -y.