sciaccallu

Corsican edit

Un sciaccallu.

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French chacal, from Turkish çakal, from Ottoman Turkish چقال, from Persian , from Middle Persian 𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮 (šγal), from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgāla), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárguš. Cognates include Italian sciacallo.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʃakˈkalːu/

Noun edit

sciaccallu m (plural sciaccalli)

jackal

References edit

“sciaccallu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

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