çakall

Albanian

Alternative forms

• çakan
• çikall

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈkaɫ/

Noun

çakall m (plural çakej / çakaj, definite çakalli, definite plural çakejtë / çakajtë)

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

Declension

Declension of çakall

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	çakall	çakalli	çakej	çakejtë
accusative		çakallin
dative	çakalli	çakallit	çakejve	çakejve
ablative			çakejsh

References

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 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