शिकार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شکار (šikār). Compare Assamese চিকাৰ (sikar), Bengali শিকার (śikar), Gujarati શિકાર (śikār), Odia ଶିକାର (śikarô).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃɪ.kɑːɾ/, [ʃɪ.käːɾ]

Noun

शिकार • (śikār) m (Urdu spelling شکار)

  1. hunt
    Synonyms: आखेट (ākheṭ), मृगया (mŕgyā), अहेर (aher)
  2. prey, catch, kill

Declension
Declension of शिकार (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct शिकार
śikār		 शिकार
śikār
oblique शिकार
śikār		 शिकारों
śikārõ
vocative शिकार
śikār		 शिकारो
śikāro

Derived terms

Nepali

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [sikär]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: सिकार्

Noun

शिकार • (śikār)

  1. 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
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