shikari

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Urdu / Hindi شکاری‎ / शिकारी (šikārī), from Persian شکاری‎ (šekāri, “of hunting”), from شکار‎ (šekār, “hunting, game”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃɪˈkɑːɹiː/

Noun

shikari (plural shikaris)

  1. A hunter or tracker, especially in the Indian subcontinent.
    • 1903: ‘I wonder that my very simple stratagem could deceive so old a shikari,’ said Holmes. — Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Empty House’ (Norton 2005, p.807)

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Romanization

shikari

  1. Rōmaji transcription of しかり
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