sigāla

sigāla

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀲𑀺𑀕𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• सिगाल (Devanagari script)
• সিগাল (Bengali script)
• සිගාල (Sinhalese script)
• သိဂါလ (Burmese script)
• สิคาล or สิคาละ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩥᨣᩤᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ສິຄາລ or ສິຄາລະ (Lao script)
• សិគាល (Khmer script)

Alternative forms

• siṅgāla
• 𑀲𑀺𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• सिङ्गाल (Devanagari script)
• সিঙ্গাল (Bengali script)
• සිඞ‍්ගාල (Sinhalese script)
• သိင်္ဂါလ (Burmese script)
• สิงฺคาล or สิงคาละ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩥᩘᨣᩤᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ສິງ຺ຄາລ or ສິງຄາລະ (Lao script)
• សិង្គាល (Khmer script)

Etymology

Literally "howling," from Proto-Indo-Iranian. Or from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-k-jwal (“wild canine”).[1] Cognate with Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgāla).

Noun

sigāla m

1. jackal

Declension

Declension table of "sigāla" (masculine)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sigālo	sigālā
Accusative (second)	sigālaṃ	sigāle
Instrumental (third)	sigālena	sigālehi or sigālebhi
Dative (fourth)	sigālassa or sigālāya or sigālatthaṃ	sigālānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sigālasmā or sigālamhā or sigālā	sigālehi or sigālebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sigālassa	sigālānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sigālasmiṃ or sigālamhi or sigāle	sigālesu
Vocative (calling)	sigāla	sigālā

Derived terms

• sigālī (“female jackal”)

Descendants

• Khmer សិគាល (sekiəl)
• Thai สิคาล (sì-kaan, “fox”)

References

[2]

1. Root #6053 PTB *s-k-ywal at Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus Database
2. sigāla in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)