köken: Borrowed from English jackal, from Turkish çakal, from Persian شغال (šaġâl), from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgālá). Doublet of 射干 (yakan /やかん/, “a legendary evil beast similar to a fox”).
jackal (any of certain wild canids of the genera Lupulella and Canis, native to the tropical Old World and smaller than a wolf) · jackal (person who behaves in an opportunistic way; especially a base collaborator)
çekim: çoğul szakale · tamlayan szakala
köken: Etymology tree French chacalbor. Polish szakal Borrowed from French chacal.
köken: Inherited from Prakrit *𑀕𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀤 (*gidda, “jackal”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-), with further etymology unknown. This Prakrit root is probably one of a family of roots referring to scavenging animals, such as Sanskrit गृध्र (gṛdhra, “vulture”). Cognate with Punjabi ਗਿੱਦੜ (giddaṛ).