ahedres
Bikol Central edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish ajedrez (“chess”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ahedrés (Basahan spelling ᜀᜑᜒᜇ᜔ᜍᜒᜐ᜔)
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish ajedrez (“chess”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ahedres
Hiligaynon edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish ajedrez (“chess”).
Noun edit
ahedrés
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish ajedrez (“chess”), Old Spanish axedrez, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الشَّطْرَنْج (aš-šaṭranj), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (cʾtlʾng /čatrang/), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga). Doublet of satol.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog)
- Rhymes: -es, -edɾes
- Syllabification: a‧hed‧res
Noun edit
ahedrés or ahedres (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜑᜒᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔)
- (dated, now literary) chess
- Synonym: tses
- 1978, Amado V. Hernandez, Mga ibong mandaragit (nobelang sosyo-politiko):
- Datapwa't sahol sa kasanayang mapagitna sa dalawang babaing kapwa umiibig sa kanyá, át: mga sandaling yao'y sabay na nangangailangan at humihingi ng kanyang asik so at panáhon. Hindi bihasa si Mando sa ahedres ng mga puso.
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- 2022, Manuel Ortega Abis, Bigkis:
- ...na ang lantsa sa kalagitnaang bahagi ng ilog, sa loob-loob ni Mayor Sugay, “Mga mababa na piraso lamang kayo ng ahedres sa labanang ito. Hahahaha! Kung sa palagay ninyo'y kumikilos kayo upang proteksiyunan ang sari-sarili ninyong mga interes, diyan kayo nagkakamali!”
- ...the launch already in the middle part of the river, in the inner thoughts of Mayor Sugay, “You all are just lowly pieces of chess in this fight. Hahahaha! If you all think you were moving to protect your own interests, that's where you are wrong!”