"shikar" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʃɪˈkɑː/ Forms: shikars [plural]
Etymology: From Urdu شکار / Hindi शिकार (śikār), from Persian شکار (šekâr). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ur|شکار}} Urdu شکار, {{bor|en|hi|शिकार}} Hindi शिकार (śikār), {{der|en|fa|شکار|tr=šekâr}} Persian شکار (šekâr) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} shikar (countable and uncountable, plural shikars)
  1. (India) Hunting, sport; a hunting expedition. Tags: India, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hunting
    Sense id: en-shikar-en-noun-WaWmHYhm Disambiguation of Hunting: 63 3 34 Categories (other): Indian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 7 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 71 8 21
  2. Alternative form of shikari (“a hunter or tracker”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: shikari (extra: a hunter or tracker)
    Sense id: en-shikar-en-noun-vCOocKD-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: shikari

Verb

IPA: /ʃɪˈkɑː/ Forms: shikars [present, singular, third-person], shikaring [participle, present], shikarring [participle, present], shikared [participle, past], shikared [past], shikarred [participle, past], shikarred [past]
Etymology: From Urdu شکار / Hindi शिकार (śikār), from Persian شکار (šekâr). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ur|شکار}} Urdu شکار, {{bor|en|hi|शिकार}} Hindi शिकार (śikār), {{der|en|fa|شکار|tr=šekâr}} Persian شکار (šekâr) Head templates: {{en-verb|shikars|shikaring|shikared|past2=shikarred|pres_ptc2=shikarring}} shikar (third-person singular simple present shikars, present participle shikaring or shikarring, simple past and past participle shikared or shikarred)
  1. (India, dated, transitive, intransitive) To hunt; to go hunting. Tags: India, dated, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-shikar-en-verb-PYi0qua~ Categories (other): Indian English

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for shikar meaning in English (4.3kB)

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