شکار

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Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Not attested in Middle Persian, though related forms are Middle Persian (šklk /⁠škarag⁠/, bird of prey), (wškl /⁠wiškar⁠/, hunting ground).

Perhaps a loanword from Sogdian 𐽁𐼸𐼰𐽀 (škʾr, to pursue, to drive).[1] Both the Middle Persian and the Sogdian are from Proto-Iranian *skar- (to pursue, to look for (cattle)), which has no non-Iranian cognates.[1]

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? šikār
Dari reading? šikār
Iranian reading? šekâr
Tajik reading? šikor

Noun

Dari شکار
Iranian Persian
Tajik шикор

شکار (šekâr) (plural شکارها (šekâr-hâ))

  1. hunt, hunting
    Synonyms: نخچیر (naxčir), صید (seyd)
  2. game, prey
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1310:
      ما شکاریم این چنین دامی کراست
      گوی چوگانیم چوگانی کجاست‏
      šikar-īm īn čunīn dām-ē kirā-st
      gōy-i čawgān-īm čawganī kujā-st
      We are the (hunted) prey: to whom belongs such a (fearful) snare?
      We are the ball (for the blows) of the polo-bat—and where is the Batsman?

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: şikar
  • Hindustani:
    Urdu: شکار (śikār)
    Hindi: शिकार (śikār)
  • Northern Kurdish: şikar
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਿਕਾਰ (śikār)
    Shahmukhi script: شکار (śikār)
  • Turkish: şikar

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cheung, Johnny (2007) “skar”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 345

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شکار (šikār).

Pronunciation

Noun

شِکار (śikārm (Hindi spelling शिकार)

  1. hunt
  2. prey, catch; victim
    Synonym: نخچیر (naxcīr)

Declension

    Declension of شکار
singular plural
direct شکار (šikār) شکار (šikār)
oblique شکار (šikār) شکاروں (šikārõ)
vocative شکار (šikār) شکارو (šikāro)

Derived terms

References

  • شکار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شکار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “شکار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • شکار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.