See chekmat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
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],
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"Said when the opponent's king is captured."
],
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"chess",
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]
],
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"(chess) Said when the opponent's king is captured. [from 14th c.]"
],
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"games"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɛkˌmaːt/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɛːkˌmaːt/"
}
],
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}
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],
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kšáyati"
],
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"*xšáyati",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/xšáyati"
],
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],
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"𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠",
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],
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],
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/mawut-"
],
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"*mawut-",
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],
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},
{
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},
{
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"3": "شاه مات",
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{
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},
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"alternative"
]
},
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]
},
{
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"alternative"
]
},
{
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]
},
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"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": "",
"var": ""
},
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"name": "head"
},
{
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},
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}
],
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{
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"checkmate (total defeat or ruination)"
],
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[
"checkmate",
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],
[
"total",
"total#English"
],
[
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],
[
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]
],
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɛkˌmaːt/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɛːkˌmaːt/"
}
],
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}
{
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"*tek-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tek-#Proto-Indo-European:_receive"
],
[
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/kšáyati"
],
[
"*xšáyati",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/xšáyati"
],
[
"𐏋",
"𐏋#Old_Persian:_king"
],
[
"𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠",
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],
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],
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],
[
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/mawut-"
],
[
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