شغال

See also: سعال‎

Arabic

Noun

شَغَّال • (šaḡḡāl) m (plural شَغَّالُون‎ (šaḡḡālūn), feminine شَغَّالَة‎ (šaḡḡāla))

  1. laborer, worker, workman

Declension

Noun

شِغَال • (šiḡāl) m

  1. verbal noun of شَاغَلَ‎ (šāḡala) (form III)

Declension

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian شغال‎.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaˈɣɑl/

Noun

شغال • (šaǧâl) m

  1. jackal

Synonyms

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier شگال‎ (šagâl), from Middle Persian 𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮‎ (šγal /šaγāl/)[1], borrowed from Sanskrit शृगाल (śṛgāla, “jackal”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari شغال
Iranian Persian
Tajik шағол (šaġol)

شغال • (šağâl, šoğâl) (plural شغال‌ها‎ (šağâl, šoğâl-hâ))

  1. jackal

Synonyms

  • توره‎ (ture)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Kazakh: шағал (şağal)
  • → Pashto: شغال‎ (šaǧâl)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: چقال‎ (çakal) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Turkmen: şagal
  • → Uzbek: shaqal

References

  1. 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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ش غ ل‎

Etymology

From Arabic شَغَّال‎ (šaḡḡāl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaɣ.ɣaːl/, [ʃaɣˈɣæːl]
  • (file)

Adjective

شغّال • (šaḡḡāl) (feminine شغّالة‎ (šaḡḡāle), common plural شغّالين‎ (šaḡḡālīn))

  1. working, busy, occupied
    Synonym: مشغول‎ (mašḡūl)
    Antonym: فاضي‎ (fāḍi)
  2. in action, in motion, running (e.g. a machine)
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