شہمات

Urdu

Alternative forms

• شہ مات (śah-māt), شاہ مات (śāh-māt)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَهْمَات (šahmāt), شَاه‌مَات (šāh-māt) or شَاه مَات (šāh māt, literally “the king is amazed”). Cognate with English checkmate.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃəɦ.mɑːt̪/, [ʃɛʱ.mɑːt̪]

Noun

شہمات • (śahmāt) m (Hindi spelling शहमात)

1. (chess) checkmate

   Synonym: کشت مات (kišt-māt)

Declension

Declension of شہمات
	singular	plural
direct	شَہْمات (śahmāt)	شَہْمات (śahmāt)
oblique	شَہْمات (śahmāt)	شَہْماتوں (śahmātō̃)
vocative	شَہْمات (śahmāt)	شَہْماتو (śahmātō)

References

• “شہمات”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “شہمات”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.