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golden jackal

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Canis aureus, a common jackal that can be found in southwest Europe, the Middle East and South Asia.

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Across languages

Translations

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  • Albanian: çakall — Canis aureus
  • Amharic: ተረ ቀበሮ (tärä ḳäbäro) — Canis aureus
  • Arabic: اِبْن آوَى الذَّهَبِيّ (ibn ʔāwā ḏ-ḏahabiyy) — Canis aureus
  • Assamese: শিয়াল (xial) — Canis aureus
  • Baluchi: تولگ (tulag) — Canis aureus
  • Bengali: পাতিশিয়াল (patiśiẏal) — Canis aureus
  • Breton: aourgi alaouret — Canis aureus
  • Bulgarian: златист чакал (zlatist čakal) — Canis aureus
  • Burmese: ရွှေရောင် ခွေးအ (hrweraung hkwe:a.) — Canis aureus
  • Catalan: xacal comú — Canis aureus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 亞洲胡狼 /亚洲胡狼 (Yàzhōu húláng) — Canis aureus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 金豺 (jīnchái) — Canis aureus
  • Danish: guldsjakal — Canis aureus
  • Dutch: goudjakhals — Canis aureus
  • Dutch: gewone jakhals — Canis aureus
  • Dutch: goudwolf — Canis aureus
  • Dutch: rietwolf — Canis aureus
  • Finnish: sakaali — Canis aureus
  • Finnish: kultasakaali — Canis aureus
  • French: chacal doré — Canis aureus
  • Georgian: ტურა (ṭura) — Canis aureus
  • German: Goldschakal — Canis aureus
  • Gujarati: શિયાળ (śiyāḷ) — Canis aureus
  • Hebrew: תן זהוב (tan zahov) — Canis aureus
  • Hindi: गीदड़ (gīdaṛ) — Canis aureus
  • Hungarian: aranysakál — Canis aureus
  • Italian: sciacallo dorato — Canis aureus
  • Japanese: キンイロジャッカル (kin'iro jakkaru) — Canis aureus
  • Japanese: 金色ジャッカル (kin'iro jakkaru) — Canis aureus
  • Korean: 황금자칼 (hwanggeumjakal) — Canis aureus
  • Latvian: zeltainais šakālis — Canis aureus
  • Lithuanian: auksinis šakalas — Canis aureus
  • Lithuanian: paprastasis šakalas — Canis aureus
  • Malay: jakal keemasan — Canis aureus
  • Maltese: xakall dehbi — Canis aureus
  • Navajo: tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ mąʼii — Canis aureus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gullsjakal — Canis aureus
  • Pashto: سورلنډى (surlanḍē) — Canis aureus
  • Persian: شغال (šaġâl) — Canis aureus
  • Polish: szakal złocisty — Canis aureus
  • Portuguese: chacal-dourado — Canis aureus
  • Russian: обыкнове́нный шака́л (obyknovénnyj šakál) — Canis aureus
  • Serbo-Croatian: златни шакал — Canis aureus
  • Serbo-Croatian: zlatni šakal — Canis aureus
  • Sherpa: མྸུ — Canis aureus
  • Spanish: chacal dorado — Canis aureus
  • Swedish: guldschakal — Canis aureus
  • Tamil: தங்க ஜாகால் (taṅka jākāl) — Canis aureus
  • Thai: หมาจิ้งจอกทอง (mǎa-jîng-jɔ̀ɔk-tɔɔng) — Canis aureus
  • Turkish: çakal — Canis aureus
  • Urdu: گیدڑ — Canis aureus
  • Vietnamese: chó rừng — Canis aureus
  • Vietnamese: chó rừng lông vàng — Canis aureus