chacal

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.kal/
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Noun

chacal m (plural chacals)

  1. jackal

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Galician

Noun

chacal m (plural chacais)

  1. jackal

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish çakal.[1]

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: cha‧cal

Noun

chacal m (plural chacais)

  1. jackal

References

  1. ^ chacal”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French chacal, from Turkish çakal, from Persian شغال (šagâl), from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgālá, jackal).

Pronunciation

Noun

chacal m (plural chacales)

  1. jackal

Hyponyms

Descendants

Further reading