çakal

== Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چقال (çakal), from Classical Persian شغال (šaġâl), from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgāla, “jackal”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śr̥gālás, a suffixed derivative of Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárguš (“predatory animal”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʃɑkɑɫ/ Hyphenation: ça‧kal === Noun === çakal (definite accusative çakalı, plural çakallar) jackal, any of certain wild canids of the genera Lupulella and Canis, specifically Canis aureus Synonym: dağ iti (derogatory) jackal, a person who behaves in an opportunistic way, a wily and deceptive man (derogatory) scoundrel, rascal, varmint, a detestable and obnoxious person or troublemaker ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Portuguese: chacal === Further reading === “çakal”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “çakal”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “çakal1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 857 Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “çakal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük