piadah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay piadah, from Persian پیاده (piyâde, pawn (chess)), from Middle Persian pdʾtk' (payādag).[1] Doublet of bidak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈadah/
  • Hyphenation: pi‧a‧dah
  • Rhymes: -dah, -ah, -h

Noun

piadah (plural piadah-piadah, first-person possessive piadahku, second-person possessive piadahmu, third-person possessive piadahnya)

  1. (chess, archaic) pawn
    Synonyms: bidak, pion, prajurit

References

  1. Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018) “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144

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