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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

skak.

chess

4 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/skak/[sɡ̊ɑɡ̊]

  1. chess

    common-gender · uncountable

  2. check

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch scaec, from Old French eschec, from Vulgar Latin *scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king in chess”), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “shah, king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/).

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