tsek

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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Short for English check, from Middle English chek, chekke, borrowed from Old French eschek, eschec, eschac, from Medieval Latin scaccus, borrowed from Arabic شَاه (šāh), borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh, king), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 ( /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/, king), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati (he rules, he has power over), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (to gain power over, gain control over).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ma‧te

Noun

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tsek

  1. a checkmark

Verb

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tsek

  1. to check; to mark with a checkmark
  2. (chess) to check; to make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check

Interjection

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tsek

  1. (chess) check

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:tsek.

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English check. Doublet of hake, tseke, and tses.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tsek (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔)

  1. check mark
  2. (banking) check; cheque
    Synonym: tseke
  3. act of checking
  4. (chess) check
    Synonym: hake

Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • tsek”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018