čagalj

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چقال (çakal), from Persian شغال (šaġâl), from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgāla, “jackal”).

Doublet of šȁkal, from German Schakal. First attested in the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃǎɡaʎ/
• Hyphenation: ča‧galj

Noun

čàgalj m anim (Cyrillic spelling ча̀гаљ)

1. jackal

   Synonym: šȁkal

Declension

Declension of čagalj

	singular	plural
nominative	čagalj	čagljevi
genitive	čaglja	čagljeva
dative	čaglju	čagljevima
accusative	čaglja	čagljeve
vocative	čaglju	čagljevi
locative	čaglju	čagljevima
instrumental	čagljem	čagljevima

Further reading

• “čagalj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026