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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شکار (šikār). Compare Assamese চিকাৰ (sikar), Bengali শিকার (śikar), Gujarati શિકાર (śikār), Odia ଶିକାର (śikāra).
Pronunciation
Noun
शिकार • (śikār) m (Urdu spelling شکار)
- hunt
- Synonyms: आखेट (ākheṭ), मृगया (mŕgyā), अहेर (aher)
- prey, catch, kill
Declension
Declension of शिकार (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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direct
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शिकार śikār
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शिकार śikār
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oblique
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शिकार śikār
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शिकारों śikārõ
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vocative
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शिकार śikār
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शिकारो śikāro
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Derived terms
Nepali
Pronunciation
Noun
शिकार • (śikār)
- Alternative spelling of सिकार (sikār)
References
- “शिकार”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “शिकार”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar