шах

шах

See also: щях and щах

Kazakh

Cyrillic	шах (şax)
Arabic	شاح‎
Latin

Alternative forms

• шаһ (şah)

Etymology

From Persian شاه‎ (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠‎ (šāh).

Noun

шах • (şax)

1. shah

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃax]

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Noun

шах • (šah) m (related adjective шаховски)

1. chess

Declension

Declension of шах

	singular	plural
indefinite	шах	шахови
definite unspecified	шахот	шаховите
definite proximal	шахов	шаховиве
definite distal	шахон	шаховине
vocative	шаху	шахови
count form	—	шаха

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Mongolian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕax/
• Syllabification: шах (1 syllable)

Etymology 1

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠰᠢᠬ᠎ᠠ (siq'a)	шах (šax)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

шах • (šax)

1. a player's own shagai in a game of knucklebones

Etymology 2

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠱᠠᠾ (šah)	шах (šax)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕax/
• Syllabification: шах (1 syllable)

Noun

шах • (šax)

1. shah

Further reading

• “шах 1”, “шах 2”, in Монгол Хэлний их Тайлбар Толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian شاه‎ (šâh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʂax]
• Rhymes: -ax

Noun

шах • (šax) m anim or m inan (genitive ша́ха, nominative plural ша́хи, genitive plural ша́хов)

1. shah
2. (chess) check (Russian notation: +)

Declension

Declension of шах (bian masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ша́х šáx	ша́хи šáxi
genitive	ша́ха šáxa	ша́хов šáxov
dative	ша́ху šáxu	ша́хам šáxam
accusative animate inanimate	ша́ха šáxa	ша́хов šáxov
	ша́х šáx	ша́хи šáxi
instrumental	ша́хом šáxom	ша́хами šáxami
prepositional	ша́хе šáxe	ша́хах šáxax

Derived terms

• шахова́ть (šaxovátʹ)

Descendants

• → Armenian: շախ (šax)

See also

• мат (mat)
• ша́хматы (šáxmaty)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Persian شاه‎ (šâh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃâx/

Noun

ша̏х m (Latin spelling šȁh)

1. (countable) shah
2. (uncountable) chess
3. (uncountable, chess) check

Declension

Declension of шах

	singular	plural
nominative	ша̏х	ша̏хови
genitive	шаха	шахова
dative	шаху	шаховима
accusative	шах	шахове
vocative	шаше / шаху	шахови
locative	шаху	шаховима
instrumental	шахом	шаховима