šach-mat

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Slovak

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, the king is dead).

Pronunciation

Interjection

šach-mat

  1. the words spoken at the end of a chess game by the winner, checkmate

Further reading

  • šach-mat”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024