σκάκι

From Italian scacchi, from Arabic شَاه (šāh, “king [in chess]”), from Classical Persian شاه (šāh, “shah, king”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈska.ci/
• Hyphenation: σκά‧κι

σκάκι • (skáki) n (plural σκάκια)

1. (uncountable) chess
2. (countable) chessboard

• αξιωματικός m (axiomatikós, “the bishop”) (in the game of chess)
• στρατιώτης m (stratiótis, “the pawn”) (in the game of chess)
• άλογο n (álogo, “the knight”) (in the game of chess)
• πύργος m (pýrgos, “the rook”) (in the game of chess)
• βασιλιάς m (vasiliás, “the king”)
• βασίλισσα f (vasílissa, “the queen”)

• σκάκι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
• σκάκι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002), Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN., marked: "with no plural"
• σκάκι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el