شغالnounmasculine
jackal
Meanings
- jackal (چغال)
- jackal
- A jackal
Pashto definitions
- ګيدړ، چغال
- سورلنډی
- سورلنډ، شغال
- ګیدړ
Forms
- plural
- شغالانs̱ẖag̠ẖālān
Translations (2)
- German
- Schakal m. · Schakal (der) · Schakal
- French
- chacal (m.). · chacal
Etymology: Persian Borrowed from Classical Persian شغال (šaġāl), from Middle Persian 𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮 (šγal /šaγāl/), in turn borrowed from Sanskrit शृगाल (śṛgāla, “jackal”), the alternative form of सृगाल (sṛgāla).