𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮

Middle Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgālá).[1]

Noun

𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮 • (šγal /šaγāl/)[2]

  1. jackal

Descendants

  • Classical Persian: شگال (šagâl)
    • Dari: شغال (šaġâl)
    • Iranian Persian: شغال (šoġâl), 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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