chacal

== French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چقال (modern Turkish çakal), from Persian شغال (šaġâl), from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgālá, “jackal”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃa.kal/ === Noun === chacal m (plural chacals) jackal ==== Hyponyms ==== chacal à chabraque chacal à flancs rayés chacal doré ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “chacal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Noun === chacal m (plural chacais) jackal == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from French chacal, from Turkish çakal, from Persian شغال (šagâl). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw Hyphenation: cha‧cal === Noun === chacal m (plural chacais) jackal === References === === Further reading === “chacal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “chacal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French chacal, from Turkish çakal, from Persian شغال (šagâl), from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgālá, “jackal”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈkal/ [t͡ʃaˈkal] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: cha‧cal === Noun === chacal m (plural chacales) jackal (slang) hoodlum ==== Hyponyms ==== chacal rayado chacal de gualdrapa chacal de lomo negro chacal dorado chacal común chacal de Simien ==== Descendants ==== → Tagalog: tsakal === Further reading === “chacal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “chacal”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010