सृगाल

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

सृगाल • (sṛgālá) stem, m [1]

  1. jackal
  2. a particular tree
  3. name of a Vāsudeva (ruler of Karavīrapura)
  4. name of a daitya
  5. rogue, cheat
  6. coward, poltroon
  7. ill-natured or harsh-speaking man

Declension

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Borrowed terms
  • Khmer: សិគាល (sekiəl)
  • Malay: serigala
  • Middle Persian: (“jackal”) (reborrowing[2])
    Pazend script: 𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮‎ (šγal /⁠šaγāl⁠/) (see there for further descendants)
  • Thai: ศิคาล (sikhaan)

Descendants

References
  1. Monier Williams (1899), “सृगाल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1245.
  2. Haug, Martin (1870), “shaghâl”, in Destur Hoshangji Jamaspji Asa, editor, An Old Pahlavi-Pazand Glossary: Edited with an Alphabetical Index, Bombay: Order of the Government of Bombay, page 209
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