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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