सृगाल

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• शृगाल (śṛgāla), शृकाल (śṛkāla)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সৃগাল (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬺᬕᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
• সৃগাল (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰴𑰐𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀾𑀕𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• သၖဂါလ (Burmese script)
• સૃગાલ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਰਗਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍃𑌗𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦽꦒꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑃂𑂏𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಸೃಗಾಲ (Kannada script)
• ស្ឫគាល (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ຣິຄາລ (Lao script)
• സൃഗാല (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᡵᡳᡤᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘵𑘐𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠷᠢᠺᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧖𑦰𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐺𑐐𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
• ସୃଗାଲ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢺꢔꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆸𑆓𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖴𑖐𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
• සෘගාල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩙𑩞𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚌𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
• ஸ்ரிக³ால (Tamil script)
• సృగాల (Telugu script)
• สฺฤคาล (Thai script)
• སྲྀ་གཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒵𑒑𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨼𑨉𑨍𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śr̥gālás, a suffixed derivative from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárguš (“predatory animal”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sr̩.ɡɑː.lɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪r̩ˈɡɑː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

सृगाल • (sṛgālá) stem, m

1. jackal
2. rogue, cheat
3. coward, poltroon
4. ill-natured or harsh-speaking man

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सृगाल (sṛgāla)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सृगालः sṛgālaḥ	सृगालौ / सृगाला¹ sṛgālau / sṛgālā¹	सृगालाः / सृगालासः¹ sṛgālāḥ / sṛgālāsaḥ¹
Vocative	सृगाल sṛgāla	सृगालौ / सृगाला¹ sṛgālau / sṛgālā¹	सृगालाः / सृगालासः¹ sṛgālāḥ / sṛgālāsaḥ¹
Accusative	सृगालम् sṛgālam	सृगालौ / सृगाला¹ sṛgālau / sṛgālā¹	सृगालान् sṛgālān
Instrumental	सृगालेन sṛgālena	सृगालाभ्याम् sṛgālābhyām	सृगालैः / सृगालेभिः¹ sṛgālaiḥ / sṛgālebhiḥ¹
Dative	सृगालाय sṛgālāya	सृगालाभ्याम् sṛgālābhyām	सृगालेभ्यः sṛgālebhyaḥ
Ablative	सृगालात् sṛgālāt	सृगालाभ्याम् sṛgālābhyām	सृगालेभ्यः sṛgālebhyaḥ
Genitive	सृगालस्य sṛgālasya	सृगालयोः sṛgālayoḥ	सृगालानाम् sṛgālānām
Locative	सृगाले sṛgāle	सृगालयोः sṛgālayoḥ	सृगालेषु sṛgāleṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Borrowed terms

• Khmer: សិគាល (sekiəl)
• Malay: serigala
• Middle Persian: (“jackal”) (reborrowing)

  Pazend script: 𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮 (šγal /⁠šaγāl⁠/) (see there for further descendants)

• Thai: ศิคาล (sikhaan)

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: شال (śāl)
  • → Kamkata-viri:

    Kativiri: ṣyōl

  • → Prasuni: ṣil
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: শিয়াল (xial)
  • Bengali: শিয়াল (śiẏal)
  • Sylheti: ꠢꠤꠀꠟ (hial)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀕𑀸𑀮 (sigāla)
  • Gujarati: શિયાળ (śiyāḷ)
  • Hindi: सियार (siyār)
  • Urdu: سیار (siyār)
• → Malay: serigala
  • Indonesian: serigala
• Pali: sigāla