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Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati (inherited)
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Proto-Indo-European *tek- (derived)
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Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎶 (doublet)
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Old Armenian աշխարհ (cognate)
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English chess (derived)
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English check (derived)
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Middle English ches (derived)
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Persian شاه (inherited)
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Indonesian syah (derived)
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Icelandic skák (derived)
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Luxembourgish Schach (derived)
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Old Norse skák (derived)
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Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (inherited)
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Middle Persian 𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 (compound)
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Portuguese xá (derived)
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Portuguese xeque (derived)