sciaccallu

Corsican

Etymology

Borrowed from French chacal, from Turkish çakal, from Ottoman Turkish چقال‎, from Persian شغال‎, from Middle Persian 𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮‎ (šγal), from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgāla), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárguš. Cognates include Italian sciacallo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃakˈkalːu/

Noun

sciaccallu m (plural sciaccalli)

  1. jackal

References
  • “sciaccallu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
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