शृगाल

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Said to mean "the howler," from an imitative verb. More at सृगाल (sṛgāla).

Noun

शृगाल (śṛgāla) stemm

  1. jackal

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शृगाल
Nom. sg. सृगालः (sṛgālaḥ)
Gen. sg. सृगालस्य (sṛgālasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative सृगालः (sṛgālaḥ) सृगालौ (sṛgālau) सृगालाः (sṛgālāḥ)
Vocative सृगाल (sṛgāla) सृगालौ (sṛgālau) सृगालाः (sṛgālāḥ)
Accusative सृगालम् (sṛgālam) सृगालौ (sṛgālau) सृगालान् (sṛgālān)
Instrumental सृगालेन (sṛgālena) सृगालाभ्याम् (sṛgālābhyām) सृगालैः (sṛgālaiḥ)
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)

Descendants

  • Malay: serigala (wolf)
  • Thai: ศิคาล (sì-kaan, fox)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “शृगाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1245.
  • Wilson, Horace (1832): A Dictionary in Sanscrit and English Translated Amended and Enlarged from an Original Compilation Prepared by Learned for the College Fort William
  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.