sekakmat

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch schaakmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Persian شاه مات (“šâh mât, the king is dead”). Equivalent to syah +‎ mati. Doublet of emat.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: se‧kak‧mat

Noun

sekakmat (first-person possessive sekakmatku, second-person possessive sekakmatmu, third-person possessive sekakmatnya)

1. checkmate

Further reading

• “sekakmat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.