सृगाल

Sanskrit

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Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    सृ॒गा॒ल • (sṛgālá) stemm [1]

    1. jackal
    2. rogue, cheat
    3. coward, poltroon
    4. ill-natured or harsh-speaking man

    Declension

    Masculine a-stem declension of सृगाल
    singular dual plural
    nominative सृगालः (sṛgālaḥ) सृगालौ (sṛgālau)
    सृगाला¹ (sṛgālā¹)
    सृगालाः (sṛgālāḥ)
    सृगालासः¹ (sṛgālāsaḥ¹)
    accusative सृगालम् (sṛgālam) सृगालौ (sṛgālau)
    सृगाला¹ (sṛgālā¹)
    सृगालान् (sṛgālān)
    instrumental सृगालेन (sṛgālena) सृगालाभ्याम् (sṛgālābhyām) सृगालैः (sṛgālaiḥ)
    सृगालेभिः¹ (sṛgālebhiḥ¹)
    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)
    vocative सृगाल (sṛgāla) सृगालौ (sṛgālau)
    सृगाला¹ (sṛgālā¹)
    सृगालाः (sṛgālāḥ)
    सृगालासः¹ (sṛgālāsaḥ¹)
    • ¹Vedic

    Borrowed terms

    • Khmer: សិគាល (sekiəl)
    • Malay: serigala (wolf)
    • 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