chacal

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.kal/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio (Paris):(file)

Noun

chacal m (plural chacals)

  1. jackal

Hyponyms

Descendants

Further reading

Galician

Noun

chacal m (plural chacais)

  1. jackal

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish çakal.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃaˈkaw/ [ʃaˈkaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃɐˈkal/ [ʃɐˈkaɫ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɐˈkal/ [t͡ʃɐˈkaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃɐˈka.li/

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: cha‧cal

Noun

chacal m (plural chacais)

  1. jackal

References

  1. ^ “chacal”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French chacal, from Turkish çakal, from Persian شغال (šagâl), from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgālá, “jackal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈkal/ [t͡ʃaˈkal]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: cha‧cal

Noun

chacal m (plural chacales)

  1. jackal

Hyponyms

Descendants

  • → Tagalog: tsakal

Further reading

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