What word derives from the Persian phrase, "Shah Mat" meaning the king is helpless?
Check (pattern) Scottish army regiments. The symbol is used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Iceland and some cities in the United States (notably Chicago). Check (pattern) A check (also checker, Brit: chequer) is a pattern of modified stripes consisting of crossed horizontal and vertical lines forming squares. The word is derived from the ancient Persian language word "shah", meaning "king", from the oriental game of chess, played on a squared board, particularly from the expression "shah mat", "the king is dead", in modern chess parlance "check-mate". The word entered the French language as "echec" in the 11th century, thence
Shah (surname) that the surnames "Shah" and "Sahu" are variants of one another which have evolved from the word "sah" over time. Some people claim that in the Gujarat and Rajasthan region, the surname Shah derives from the vernacular "sah" (from Sanskrit "Sadhu", "merchant"). The surname appears to have been altered under the influence of the Persian word for "king" (Shah) or its variants. One early use of the title Sadhu occurs in an inscription on an AD 850 Parshvanth image in the Akota Bronzes. In numerous 12-13th century inscriptions the shravaka who installed the image, is given the title "Sahu". For