See also: سعال

Arabic edit

Noun edit

شَغَّال (šaḡḡālm (plural شَغَّالُون (šaḡḡālūn), feminine شَغَّالَة (šaḡḡāla))

  1. laborer, worker, workman

Declension edit

Noun edit

شِغَال (šiḡālm

  1. verbal noun of شَاغَلَ (šāḡala) (form III)

Declension edit

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (2020) “شغال”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 6th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 484

Egyptian Arabic edit

Adjective edit

شغال (transliteration needed) (feminine شغالة)

  1. working, busy, occupied

Pashto edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Persian شغال.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

شغال (šaǧâlm

  1. jackal

Synonyms edit

Persian edit

 
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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From earlier شگال (šagâl), from Middle Persian 𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮 (šγal /⁠šaγāl⁠/),[1] borrowed from Sanskrit शृगाल (śṛgāla, jackal).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? šağāl
Dari reading? šağāl
Iranian reading? šoğâl
Tajik reading? šaġol

Noun edit

Dari شغال
Iranian Persian
Tajik шағол

شغال (šağâl, šoğâl) (plural شغال‌ها (šağâl, šoğâl-hâ))

  1. jackal
    Synonym: توره (ture)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Kazakh: шағал (şağal)
  • Pashto: شغال (šaǧâl)
  • Ottoman Turkish: چقال (çakal) (see there for further descendants)
  • Turkmen: şagal
  • Uzbek: shaqal

References edit

  1. ^ Haug, Martin (1870) “shaghâl”, in Destur Hoshangji Jamaspji Asa, editor, An Old Pahlavi-Pazand Glossary: Edited with an Alphabetical Index, Bombay: Order of the Government of Bombay, page 209

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ش غ ل
7 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic شَغَّال (šaḡḡāl).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʃaɣ.ɣaːl/, [ʃaɣˈɣæːl]
  • (file)

Adjective edit

شغّال (šaḡḡāl) (feminine شغّالة (šaḡḡāle), common plural شغّالين (šaḡḡālīn))

  1. working, busy, occupied
    Synonym: مشغول (mašḡūl)
    Antonym: فاضي (fāḍi)
  2. in action, in motion, running (e.g. a machine)