çakall

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • çakan
  • çikall

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چقال (çakal), from Persian شغال (šaġâl), ultimately from Sanskrit शृगाल (śṛgāla, “jackal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃaˈkaɫ/

Noun

çakall m (plural çakaj, definite çakalli, definite plural çakajt)

  1. (zoology) jackal
  2. (figurative, derogatory) rogue, scoundrel; blood-sucking or insatiable man
  3. (Tosk) dragon

Declension

Declension of çakall
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative çakall çakalli çakaj çakajt
accusative çakallin
dative çakalli çakallit çakajve çakajve
ablative çakajsh

References

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “çakall”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 98
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “çakáll”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 54
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