شغال

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Arabic

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Noun

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شَغَّال (šaḡḡālm (plural شَغَّالُون (šaḡḡālūn), feminine شَغَّالَة (šaḡḡāla))

  1. laborer, worker, workman

Declension

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Noun

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شِغَال (šiḡālm

  1. verbal noun of شَاغَلَ (šāḡala) (form III)

Declension

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (2020) “شغال”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 6th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 484

Egyptian Arabic

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Adjective

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شغال (transliteration needed) (feminine شغالة)

  1. working, busy, occupied

Pashto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian شغال.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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شغال (šaǧâlm

  1. jackal

Synonyms

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Persian

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Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From earlier شگال (šagâl), from Middle Persian 𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮 (šγal /⁠šaγāl⁠/),[1] borrowed from Sanskrit शृगाल (śṛgāla, jackal).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? šağāl
Dari reading? šağāl
Iranian reading? šoğâl
Tajik reading? šaġol

Noun

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Dari شغال
Iranian Persian
Tajik шағол

شغال (šağâl, šoğâl) (plural شغال‌ها (šağâl, šoğâl-hâ))

  1. jackal
    Synonym: توره (ture)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Kazakh: шағал (şağal)
  • Pashto: شغال (šaǧâl)
  • Ottoman Turkish: چقال (çakal) (see there for further descendants)
  • Turkmen: şagal
  • Uzbek: shaqal

References

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  1. ^ 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

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ش غ ل
7 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic شَغَّال (šaḡḡāl).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃaɣ.ɣaːl/, [ʃaɣˈɣæːl]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Adjective

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شغّال (šaḡḡāl) (feminine شغّالة (šaḡḡāle), common plural شغّالين (šaḡḡālīn))

  1. working, busy, occupied
    Synonym: مشغول (mašḡūl)
    Antonym: فاضي (fāḍi)
  2. in action, in motion, running (e.g. a machine)