Persian mānd is borrowed into Arabic chess usage as māt, with final consonant adaptation.
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māt
checkmated; alternatively interpreted as “has died”
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedPersian · Persian chess vocabulary · left at a lossmānd
left, at a loss, helpless
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Left or helpless is specialized as the state of a trapped king.
Early Islamic chess vocabulary.
Merriam-Webster Editors · Bo Utas
probable — The alternative reading as native Arabic māt “has died” is explicitly preserved as a dispute.
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Checkmate — Word HistoryEtymology note
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Traces Arabic māt to Persian mānd and records the death alternative.
ChessChess history, checkmate discussion
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Treats Persian broken/paralyzed as more plausible than Arabic died.
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