çakall

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === çakan çikall === Etymology === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چقال (çakal), from Classical Persian شغال (šaġāl), ultimately from Sanskrit शृगाल (śṛgāla, “jackal”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈkaɫ/ === Noun === çakall m (plural çakej / çakaj, definite çakalli, definite plural çakejtë / çakajtë) (zoology) jackal (figurative, derogatory) rogue, scoundrel; blood-sucking or insatiable man (Tosk) dragon ==== Declension ==== === References === FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980 Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “çakall”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 98 Mann, S. E. (1948), “çakáll”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 54