xeque

Mecayapan Nahuatl

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeke/

Noun

xeque

1. nest

   Synonym: tapásol

References

• Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎^[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 69, 200

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.ke/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.kɨ/

• Homophone: cheque
• Hyphenation: xe‧que

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic شَاه (šāh), from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh, “king”), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/, “king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ksayati (“he rules, he has power over”), from Proto-Indo-European *tke- (“to gain power over, gain control over”). Doublet of cheque.

Noun

xeque m (plural xeques)

1. (chess) check (when the king is directly threatened by an enemy piece)

   Synonym: xaque

2. (figurative) a dangerous situation

Derived terms

• em xeque

Related terms

• xeque-mate

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ).

Noun

xeque m (plural xeques, feminine xeica, feminine plural xeicas)

1. Alternative form of xeique (“sheikh”)