सृगाल

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śr̥gālás, a suffixed derivative from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárguš (predatory animal).

Pronunciation

Noun

सृगाल (sṛgālá) stemm [1]

  1. jackal
  2. rogue, cheat
  3. coward, poltroon
  4. ill-natured or harsh-speaking man

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सृगाल (sṛgāla)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative सृगालः
sṛgālaḥ
सृगालौ / सृगाला¹
sṛgālau / sṛgālā¹
सृगालाः / सृगालासः¹
sṛgālāḥ / sṛgālāsaḥ¹
Vocative सृगाल
sṛgāla
सृगालौ / सृगाला¹
sṛgālau / sṛgālā¹
सृगालाः / सृगालासः¹
sṛgālāḥ / sṛgālāsaḥ¹
Accusative सृगालम्
sṛgālam
सृगालौ / सृगाला¹
sṛgālau / sṛgālā¹
सृगालान्
sṛgālān
Instrumental सृगालेन
sṛgālena
सृगालाभ्याम्
sṛgālābhyām
सृगालैः / सृगालेभिः¹
sṛgālaiḥ / sṛgālebhiḥ¹
Dative सृगालाय
sṛgālāya
सृगालाभ्याम्
sṛgālābhyām
सृगालेभ्यः
sṛgālebhyaḥ
Ablative सृगालात्
sṛgālāt
सृगालाभ्याम्
sṛgālābhyām
सृगालेभ्यः
sṛgālebhyaḥ
Genitive सृगालस्य
sṛgālasya
सृगालयोः
sṛgālayoḥ
सृगालानाम्
sṛgālānām
Locative सृगाले
sṛgāle
सृगालयोः
sṛgālayoḥ
सृगालेषु
sṛgāleṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Borrowed terms

  • Khmer: សិគាល (sekiəl)
  • Malay: serigala
  • Middle Persian: (jackal) (reborrowing[2])
    Pazend script: 𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮 (šγal /⁠šaγāl⁠/) (see there for further descendants)
  • Thai: ศิคาล (sikhaan)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “सृगाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1245.
  2. ^ Haug, Martin (1870) “shaghâl”, in Destur Hoshangji Jamaspji Asa, editor, An Old Pahlavi-Pazand Glossary: Edited with an Alphabetical Index, Bombay: Order of the Government of Bombay, page 209