çakal
Turkish
[tʃɑkɑɫ]
noun
Definitions
- jackal
- (derogatory) an opportunistic, wily, sneaky and deceptive person
- (derogatory) a detestable person, scoundrel
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چقال derived from Persian شغال (jackal) derived from Sanskrit शृगाल (jackal, fox).
Origin
Sanskrit
शृगाल
Gloss
jackal, fox
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
狐
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- jackal English
- jackal buzzard English
- jackalberry English
- werejackal English
- Schakal German
- sciacallo Italian
- goudjakhals Dutch, Flemish
- jakhals Dutch, Flemish
- zadeljakhals Dutch, Flemish
- chacal French
- chacal Spanish, Castilian
- sjakal Norwegian Bokmål
- chacal Portuguese
- ジャッカル Japanese
- sjakal Norwegian Nynorsk
- शृगाल Sanskrit
- सृगाल Sanskrit
- čagalj Serbo-Croatian
- чагаљ Serbo-Croatian
- xacal Catalan, Valencian
- شغال Persian
- شغال باران Persian
- شغال Persian
- ศฤคาล Thai
- ศิคาล Thai
- แจ็กคัล Thai
- jakkals Afrikaans
- chó sa-can Vietnamese
- jakal Malay
- чакал Bulgarian
- çakall Albanian
- çaqqal Azerbaijani
- چقال Ottoman Turkish
- šakal Slovak
- សិគាល Central Khmer
- 𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮 Middle Persian
- 𑀲𑀺𑀕𑀸𑀮 Sauraseni Prakrit
- iākala Hawaiian
- şagal Turkmen
- 𐴇𐴞𐴥𐴘𐴝𐴓 Rohingya
- श्योल Shina
- सगालि Pangwali