शयालु

{ śayālu }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

शयालु  mfn.  mfn. sleepy, inclined to sleep, sluggish slothful, [Pañcar.]; [Śiś.]
शयालु  m.  m. a dog, [L.]
a jackal, [L.]
the boa snake, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

शयालु [śayālu] a.  a. [शी-आलुच्] Sleepy, slothful; हन्ति नोप- शयस्थोऽपि शयालुर्मृगयुर्मृगान् [Śi.2.8.]
लुः A kind of snake, the boa-constrictor.
A dog.
A jackal.

Shabda-Sagara

शयालु  mfn.  ( -लुः-लुः-लु) Sleepy, slothful, sluggish.
 m.  ( -लुः)
1. A kind of snake, the Boa.
2. A dog.
3. A jackal.
E. शी to sleep, आलुच् aff, implying disposition or habit.

ROOTS:

शी आलुच्

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

See : निद्रालु