čagalj

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چقال (çakal), from Persian شغال (šağâl), from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgāla, jackal).

Doublet of šȁkal, from German Schakal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃǎɡaʎ/
  • Hyphenation: ča‧galj

Noun

čàgalj m (Cyrillic spelling ча̀гаљ)

  1. jackal
    Synonym: šȁkal

Declension