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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

jackal XVII. — Turk. çakal — Pers. ŝaġāl, rel. to Skr. śrgālá-.

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