شہمات

Urdu

Alternative forms

  • شہ مات (śah-māt), شاہ مات (śāh-māt)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَهْمَات (šahmāt), شَاه‌مَات (šāh-māt) or شَاه مَات (šāh māt, literally “the king is amazed”). Cognate with English checkmate.

Pronunciation

Noun

شہمات • (śahmāt) m (Hindi spelling शहमात)

  1. (chess) checkmate
    Synonym: کشت مات (kišt-māt)

Declension

Declension of شہمات
singular plural
direct شَہْمات (śahmāt) شَہْمات (śahmāt)
oblique شَہْمات (śahmāt) شَہْماتوں (śahmātõ)
vocative شَہْمات (śahmāt) شَہْماتو (śahmāto)

References

  • “شہمات”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “شہمات”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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