shikari

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Etymology

From Urdu شکاری / Hindi शिकारी (śikārī), from Persian شکاری (šekâri, “of hunting”), from شکار (šekâr, “hunting, game”).

Pronunciation

Noun

shikari (plural shikaris)

  1. A hunter or tracker, especially in the Indian subcontinent.
    • 1903, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Empty House, Norton, published 2005, page 807:
      I wonder that my very simple stratagem could deceive so old a shikari,’ said Holmes.
    • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World , London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
      "I'll stake my good name as a shikarree," said he, "that the track is a fresh one."
  2. (historical) A shooting-boat used in the Kashmir lakes.

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Romanization

shikari

  1. Rōmaji transcription of しかり
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