Jackal

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early 17th century: from Turkish çakal, from Persian šagāl . The change in the first syllable was due to association with jack1.

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From French chacal, chacale, checale, schakal, ciacale, from Turkish çakal, from Persian شغال‎ (šağâl). [1]

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jackal (n.)

c. 1600, from French chacal, earlier jackal, from Turkish çakal, from Persian shaghal, from or cognate with Sanskrit srgala-s, literally "the howler." Figurative sense of "skulking henchman" is from the old belief that jackals stirred up game for lions.