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/

  • Homophone: cheque
  • Hyphenation: xe‧que

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic شَاه (šāh), from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”),[1][2] 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 and xá.

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

Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ).[1][2]

    Noun

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

    1. alternative form of xeique (“sheikh”)

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “xeque”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “xeque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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