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cek.

check, cheque: a draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity

3 characters1 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈt͡ʃɛk]
  1. check, cheque: a draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Dutch cheque (“cheque”) (compare Afrikaans tjek), from English cheque, from Middle English chek, from Old French eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “king”). Doublet of syah.

noun[ˈt͡ʃɛʔ]
  1. older sister

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

Clipping of cece.

verb[ˈt͡ʃɛk]
  1. to check

Where this word comes from

From Dutch checken (“to check, to examine”), from English check, from Middle English chekken, from Old French eschequier, from Medieval Latin scaccarium.

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