Where does “շակալ” come from?
շակալ (Armenian) comes from Russian шака́л, from German Schakal, from French chacal, from Turkish çakal, from Ottoman Turkish چقال, from Persian شغال, from Persian شگال, from Pahlavi 𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮.
շակալ (Armenian): jackal
Ancestry of “շակալ”, step by step