شکار

Persian

Etymology

Not attested in Middle Persian, though related forms are Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šklk /⁠škarag⁠/, “bird of prey”), [Book Pahlavi needed] (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
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʃɪ.kʰɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʃɪ.kʰɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʃi.kʰɔ́ːɾ]

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)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: şikar
  • → Hindustani:
  • → Northern Kurdish: şikar
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਸ਼ਿਕਾਰ (śikār)
    Shahmukhi script: شکار (śikār)
  • → Turkish: şikar

References
  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
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʃɪ.kɑːɾ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
  • Hyphenation: شِ‧کار

Noun

شِکار • (śikār) m (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 (šikārō̃)
vocative شکار (šikār) شکارو (šikārō)

Derived terms
  • شکاری (śikārī, “hunter”)
  • شِکار گاہ (śikār-gāh, “hunting ground”)
  • شکارِ ماہی (śikār-e-māhī, “fishing”)
  • شِکار پیشَہ (śikār-peśa, “professional hunter”)
  • شِکارِ جَرْگَہ (śikār-e-jarga)

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 Thompson (1884) “شکار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
  • “شکار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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