Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چقال (çakal), from Persian شغال (šağâl), from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgāla, jackal).

Doublet of šȁkal, from German Schakal.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃǎɡaʎ/
  • Hyphenation: ča‧galj

Noun edit

čàgalj m (Cyrillic spelling ча̀гаљ)

  1. jackal
    Synonym: šȁkal

Declension edit