𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮

Middle Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgālá).[1]

Noun

𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮 • (šγal /šaγāl/)[2]

  1. jackal

Descendants
  • Classical Persian: شگال (šagâl)
    • Dari: شغال (šağâl)
    • Iranian Persian: شغال (šoğâl), شکال (šekâl, šokâl)
      • → Kazakh: шағал (şağal)
      • → Pashto: شغال (šaǧâl)
      • → Ottoman Turkish: چقال (çakal) (see there for further descendants)
      • → Turkmen: şagal
      • → Uzbek: shaqal
    • Tajik: шағол (šaġol)

References
  1. Müller, Friedrich (1894) “Pahlawi und neupersische Etymologien”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 8, page 192
  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
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