tsek
Cebuano
Etymology
Short for English check, from Middle English chek, chekke, borrowed from Old French eschek, eschec, eschac, from Medieval Latin scaccus, borrowed from Arabic شَاه (šāh), borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/, “king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati (“he rules, he has power over”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to gain power over, gain control over”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧te
Noun
tsek
- a checkmark
Verb
tsek
- to check; to mark with a checkmark
- (chess) to check; to make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check
Interjection
tsek
- (chess) check
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:tsek.