çakall

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چقال (çakal), from Persian شغال (šağâl), ultimately from Sanskrit शृगाल (śṛgāla, jackal).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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çakall m (plural çakaj, definite çakalli, definite plural çakajt)

  1. (zoology) jackal
  2. (figurative, derogatory) rogue, scoundrel; blood-sucking or insatiable man
  3. (Tosk) dragon

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References

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  • “çakall”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “çakall”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 98
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “çakáll”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 54