sekak
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch schaak (“chess, check”), from Middle Dutch schaec, from Old French escac or directly from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic شَاه (šāh), from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səˈkak/ [səˈkak̚]
- Rhymes: -ak
- Syllabification: se‧kak
Noun
[edit]sêkak
- (sports) chess, (a board game for two players)
- Synonym: catur
- (sports, chess) check (a situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece)
Further reading
[edit]- “sekak” 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.
Javanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]sekak
- Romanization of ꦱꦼꦏꦏ꧀
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- Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Old French
- Indonesian terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Indonesian terms derived from Arabic
- Indonesian terms derived from Persian
- Indonesian 2-syllable words
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ak
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ak/2 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- id:Sports
- id:Chess
- Javanese non-lemma forms
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