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Etymology edit

See सृगाल (sṛgāla).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

शृगाल (śṛgāla) stemm

  1. jackal

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of शृगाल
Nom. sg. शृगालः (śṛgālaḥ)
Gen. sg. शृगालस्य (śṛgālasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शृगालः (śṛgālaḥ) शृगालौ (śṛgālau) शृगालाः (śṛgālāḥ)
Vocative शृगाल (śṛgāla) शृगालौ (śṛgālau) शृगालाः (śṛgālāḥ)
Accusative शृगालम् (śṛgālam) शृगालौ (śṛgālau) शृगालान् (śṛgālān)
Instrumental शृगालेन (śṛgālena) शृगालाभ्याम् (śṛgālābhyām) शृगालैः (śṛgālaiḥ)
Dative शृगालाय (śṛgālāya) शृगालाभ्याम् (śṛgālābhyām) शृगालेभ्यः (śṛgālebhyaḥ)
Ablative शृगालात् (śṛgālāt) शृगालाभ्याम् (śṛgālābhyām) शृगालेभ्यः (śṛgālebhyaḥ)
Genitive शृगालस्य (śṛgālasya) शृगालयोः (śṛgālayoḥ) शृगालानाम् (śṛgālānām)
Locative शृगाले (śṛgāle) शृगालयोः (śṛgālayoḥ) शृगालेषु (śṛgāleṣu)

Descendants edit

  • Middle Persian: 𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮 (šγal) (see there for further descendants)
  • Malay: serigala (wolf)
  • Thai: ศิคาล (sì-kaan, fox)

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “शृगाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1245.
  • Wilson, Horace (1832): A Dictionary in Sanscrit and English Translated Amended and Enlarged from an Original Compilation Prepared by Learned for the College Fort William
  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “शृगाल”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]