čagalj

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چقال (çakal), from Persian شغال (šaġâl), from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgāla, “jackal”).

Doublet of šȁkal, from German Schakal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃǎɡaʎ/
  • Hyphenation: ča‧galj

Noun

čàgalj m anim (Cyrillic spelling ча̀гаљ)

  1. jackal
    Synonym: šȁkal

Declension

Declension of čagalj
singular plural
nominative čagalj čagljevi
genitive čaglja čagljeva
dative čaglju čagljevima
accusative čaglja čagljeve
vocative čaglju čagljevi
locative čaglju čagljevima
instrumental čagljem čagljevima

Further reading

  • “čagalj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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