шах

• шаһ (şah)

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

шах • (şax)

1. shah

• IPA^(key): [ʃax]

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шах • (šah) m (related adjective шаховски)

1. chess

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

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

шах • (šax)

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

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

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

шах • (šax)

1. shah

• “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

• IPA^(key): [ʂax]
• Rhymes: -ax

Borrowed from Persian شاه‎ (šâh).

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

1. shah

Borrowed from German Schach.

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

• шахова́ть (šaxovátʹ)

• → Armenian: շախ (šax)

• мат (mat)
• ша́хматы (šáxmaty)

From Persian شاه‎ (šâh).

• IPA^(key): /ʃâx/

ша̏х m (Latin spelling šȁh)

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