شاه‌مات

Persian

Alternative forms
  • شه‌مات (šah mât), شهمات (šahmât)

Etymology

Literally, “the king is amazed”, from شاه (šâh, “king”) +‎ مات (mât, “stunned, amazed”). When the term passed into Arabic before being borrowed into Romance languages, the second element was interpreted as مَاتَ (māta, “to die”).[1]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʃɑːʱ mɑːt̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʃɑː mɑːt̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʃɔː mɔːt̪]

Readings
Classical reading? šāh māt
Dari reading? šāh māt
Iranian reading? šâh mât
Tajik reading? šoh mot

Noun

شاه مات • (šâh mât)

  1. (chess) checkmate
    Synonym: کیش‌مات (kiš mât)

References
  1. Robert K. Barnhart, editor (1988), Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology, H. W. Wilson Co.
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