شغال

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See also: سعال

Arabic

Noun

شَغَّال (šaḡḡālm (plural شَغَّالُون (šaḡḡālūn), feminine شَغَّالَة (šaḡḡāla))

  1. laborer, worker, workman

Declension

Noun

شِغَال (šiḡālm

  1. verbal noun of شَاغَلَ (šāḡala) (form III)

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (2020) “شغال”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 6th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 484

Egyptian Arabic

Adjective

شغال (transliteration needed) (feminine شغالة)

  1. working, busy, occupied

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian شغال.

Pronunciation

Noun

شغال (šaǧâlm

  1. jackal

Synonyms

Persian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier شگال (šagâl), from Middle Persian 𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮 (šγal /⁠šaγāl⁠/),[1] borrowed from Sanskrit शृगाल (śṛgāla, jackal).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? šağāl
Dari reading? šağāl
Iranian reading? šoğâl
Tajik reading? šaġol

Noun

Dari شغال
Iranian Persian
Tajik шағол

شغال (šağâl, šoğâl) (plural شغال‌ها (šağâl, šoğâl-hâ))

  1. jackal
    Synonym: توره (ture)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Kazakh: шағал (şağal)
  • Pashto: شغال (šaǧâl)
  • Ottoman Turkish: چقال (çakal) (see there for further descendants)
  • Turkmen: şagal
  • Uzbek: shaqal

References

  1. ^ 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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ش غ ل
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic شَغَّال (šaḡḡāl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaɣ.ɣaːl/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Adjective

شغّال (šaḡḡāl) (feminine شغّالة (šaḡḡāle), common plural شغّالين (šaḡḡālīn))

  1. working, busy, occupied
    Synonym: مشغول (mašḡūl)
    Antonym: فاضي (fāḍi)
  2. in action, in motion, running (e.g. a machine)