çakal

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چَقال‎ (çaqāl), from Persian ‎ (šağâl), from Sanskrit शृगाल (śṛgāla, “jackal”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tʃɑkɑɫ]
Hyphenation: ça‧kal

Noun

çakal (definite accusative çakalı, plural çakallar)

jackal
(derogatory) an opportunistic, wily, sneaky and deceptive person
(derogatory) a detestable person, scoundrel

Declension

Inflection

Nominative

çakal

Definite accusative

Singular

Plural

Nominative

çakal

Definite accusative

Dative

Locative

Ablative

Genitive

Possessive forms
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	çakalım	çakallarım
2nd singular	çakalın	çakalların
3rd singular	çakalı	çakalları
1st plural	çakalımız	çakallarımız
2nd plural	çakalınız	çakallarınız
3rd plural	çakalları	çakalları

Descendants

→ English: jackal
- → Japanese: ジャッカル (jakkaru)
- → Korean: 자칼 (jakal)
- → Malay: jakal
  - Indonesian: jakal
- → Thai: แจ็กคัล (jɛ̀k-kal)
→ French: chacal (see there for further descendants)
→ Greek: τσακάλι (tsakáli)

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “çakal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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