sakk-matt

== Hungarian == === Etymology === A wanderword. Borrowed from German Schachmatt (“checkmate”). First attested in 1651. Ultimately from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is defeated”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈʃɒkmɒtː] Hyphenation: sakk-‧matt Rhymes: -ɒtː === Interjection === sakk-matt checkmate === Noun === sakk-matt (plural sakk-mattok) (chess) checkmate (the conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture) Synonym: matt (figuratively, by extension) checkmate (any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat) ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === sakk-matt in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.