šach-mat

Slovak

Alternative forms

• šachmat

Etymology

From Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is dead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaxmat/

Interjection

šach-mat

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

Related terms

• mat m

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, 2024