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Where does “šach-mat” come from?

šach-mat (Slovak) comes from Persian شاه مات — checkmate.

šach-mat (Slovak): The words spoken at the end of a chess game by...

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “šach-mat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianشاه ماتcheckmate
Every word from Persian شاه مات →