𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮

Middle Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgālá).

Noun

𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮 • (šγal šaγāl)[1]

  1. jackal

Descendants
  • Classical Persian: شگال‎ (šagâl)
    • Dari: شغال‎ (šağâl)
    • Iranian Persian: شغال‎ (šoğâl), 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. 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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