jaque

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. (masculine) check
2. (masculine) jeopardy

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of jaquir:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of jaquir:

jaquir

to forsake, to abandon

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Concetti

scacco

minaccia

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scacchi

sinonimi

amenaza

reto

Traduzioni

Schach

check

xeque

escac

échec

schaak

bieten

menace

threat

şah

menace

vantard

ameaça

Con il trattino come

ja‧que

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈxake/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da Old Spanish: xaque

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish xaque, from Arabic شاه (šāh, “shah; king chess piece”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /⁠šāh⁠/, “king”). Doublet of cheque and escaque (“chess tile”), the latter formerly meaning "(any) chess piece" as well.
To explain the unusual rendering of Arabic -h as /k/ (-que), Coromines and Pascual suggest influence from escaque instead. They also mention an alternative idea they find less likely where the sound [h] was exaggerated as [k], cf. Medieval Latin nichil [ˈnikil]. Yet another explanation (not in Coromines and Pascual) for the /k/ is that it is from Arabic شاهك šāh-ak ("your king"), especially as it is used to announce an upcoming attack onto the enemy's king. First attested in 1283 as dar xaque ("to threaten the enemy's king").