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noun, masculine

chacal

/ʃa.kal/

noun, masculine/ʃa.kal/plural: chacals

jackal

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

chacal — French Dictionary | Passage