सृगाल
Sanskrit edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śr̥gālás, a suffixed derivative from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárguš (“predatory animal”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- jackal
- a particular tree
- name of a Vāsudeva (ruler of Karavīrapura)
- name of a daitya
- rogue, cheat
- coward, poltroon
- ill-natured or harsh-speaking man
Declension edit
| Masculine a-stem declension of सृगाल (sṛgāla) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | सृगालः sṛgālaḥ |
सृगालौ / सृगाला¹ sṛgālau / sṛgālā¹ |
सृगालाः / सृगालासः¹ sṛgālāḥ / sṛgālāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | सृगाल sṛgāla |
सृगालौ / सृगाला¹ sṛgālau / sṛgālā¹ |
सृगालाः / सृगालासः¹ sṛgālāḥ / sṛgālāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | सृगालम् sṛgālam |
सृगालौ / सृगाला¹ sṛgālau / sṛgālā¹ |
सृगालान् sṛgālān |
| Instrumental | सृगालेन sṛgālena |
सृगालाभ्याम् sṛgālābhyām |
सृगालैः / सृगालेभिः¹ sṛgālaiḥ / sṛgālebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | सृगालाय sṛgālāya |
सृगालाभ्याम् sṛgālābhyām |
सृगालेभ्यः sṛgālebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | सृगालात् sṛgālāt |
सृगालाभ्याम् sṛgālābhyām |
सृगालेभ्यः sṛgālebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | सृगालस्य sṛgālasya |
सृगालयोः sṛgālayoḥ |
सृगालानाम् sṛgālānām |
| Locative | सृगाले sṛgāle |
सृगालयोः sṛgālayoḥ |
सृगालेषु sṛgāleṣu |
| Notes |
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Borrowed terms edit
- Khmer: សិគាល (sekiəl)
- Malay: serigala
- Middle Persian: (“jackal”) (reborrowing[2])
- Pazend script: 𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮 (šγal /šaγāl/) (see there for further descendants)
- Thai: ศิคาล (sikhaan)
Descendants edit
- Dardic:
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀕𑀸𑀮 (sigāla)
- → Malay: serigala
- Indonesian: serigala
- Pali: sigāla
References edit
- ^ Monier Williams (1899) “सृगाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1245.
- ^ 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