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шакал

шакал

Russian

Noun

шака́л (šakál) m anim (genitive шака́ла, nominative plural шака́лы, genitive plural шака́лов)

  1. jackal

Declension

Derived terms

  • азиа́тский шака́л (aziátskij šakál)
  • обыкнове́нный шака́л (obyknovénnyj šakál)
  • полоса́тый шака́л (polosátyj šakál)
  • чепрачный шака́л (čepračnyj šakál)

Related terms

  • шакалиха (šakalixa)
  • шакалий (šakalij)
  • шакалить (šakalitʹ)
  • по-шакальи (po-šakalʹi)

Serbo-Croatian

Шакал

Etymology

Borrowing from German Schakal, from Ottoman Turkish چَقال (modern çakal), from Persian شغال (šaqâl), from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgālá, jackal).

Doublet of ча̀гаљ, directly borrowed from Ottoman Turkish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃâkal/
  • Hyphenation: ша‧кал

Noun

ша̏кал m (Latin spelling šȁkal)

  1. jackal
  2. (pejorative) One who benefits from the work of others; jackal, vulture.

Declension

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