çakal

Betekenis (Engels)

1. jackal
2. (derogatory) an opportunistic, wily, sneaky and deceptive person
3. (derogatory) a detestable person, scoundrel

Concepten

jakhals

Vertalingen

chacal

jackal

Schakal

chacal

chacal

τσακάλι

sciacallo

xacal

canis aureus

واوي

weasel

چهقهڵ

Schakal -s

اِبْن آوِيّ

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/tʃɑkɑɫ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Ottomaans-Turks: چقال

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish چقال (çakal), from Persian شغال (šaġâl), from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgāla, “jackal”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śr̥gālás, a suffixed derivative of Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárguš (“predatory animal”)