çakall

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • çakan
  • çikall

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʃaˈkaɫ/

Noun

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

Declension
Declension of çakall
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative çakall çakaj çakalli çakajt
accusative çakallin
dative çakalli çakajve çakallit çakajvet
ablative çakajsh

References
  • “çakall”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (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
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