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ahedres

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish ajedrez (“chess”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔahedˈɾes/ [ʔa.hed̪ˈɾes]
  • Hyphenation: a‧hed‧res

Noun

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ahedrés (Basahan spelling ᜀᜑᜒᜇ᜔ᜍᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. (dated) chess
    Synonym: tses

Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish ajedrez (“chess”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: a‧he‧dres
  • IPA(key): /ʔahedˈɾes/ [ʔɐ.hed̪ˈɾ̪is̪]

Noun

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ahedres

  1. chess

Hiligaynon

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish ajedrez (“chess”).

Noun

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ahedrés

  1. chess

Tagalog

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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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ahedrés or ahedres (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜑᜒᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. (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!”

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  • “ahedres”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • “ahedres”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024
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