شاهمات
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Persian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʃɑːh mɑːt]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʃɒːʱ mɒːt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʃɔʱ mɔt̪]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | šāh māt |
Dari reading? | šāh māt |
Iranian reading? | šâh mât |
Tajik reading? | šoh mot |
Noun edit
References edit
- ^ Robert K. Barnhart, editor (1988), Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology, H. W. Wilson Co.