User talk:Da hewad ratlunke

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Your contributed article, Old Pashto


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checkmate reference
On checkmate, you gave a reference to Achakzai, 2011. Can you give the complete publication details? Thank you. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 18:28, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Also, I'm a bit confused. The section originally said
 * The term checkmate is an alteration or Hobson-Jobson of the Persian phrase "Shāh Māt" which means, literally, "the King is helpless" (or "ambushed", "defeated", or "stumped", but not "dead").  It is a common misconception that it means "the King is dead", as chess reached Europe via the Islamic world, and Arabic māta مَاتَ means "died" or "is dead", , , ,.
 * and you added
 * However, little attention has been paid to the fact that the word "mát" مات may have Iranic roots as it is still in use in Afghanistan meaning "destroyed" in Pashto.
 * How can "little attention" have been paid to Iranic roots, when the very first sentence says it's a Persian phrase? What is Persian if not Iranic?  Quale (talk) 02:56, 27 July 2012 (UTC)