çakal

Meaning

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

Concepts

jackal

weasel

dogsbody

Translations

chacal

Schakal

chacal

chacal

jakhals

τσακάλι

xacal

sciacallo

canis aureus

واوي

چهقهڵ

Schakal -s

اِبْن آوِيّ

Schakalin

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tʃɑkɑɫ/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: 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”)