sciaccallu

== Corsican == === Etymology === Borrowed from French chacal, from Turkish çakal, from Ottoman Turkish چقال, from Persian شغال, from Middle Persian 𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮 (šγal), from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgāla), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárguš. Cognates include Italian sciacallo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃakˈkalːu/ === Noun === sciaccallu m (plural sciaccalli) jackal === References === “sciaccallu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa