shikari

English

Alternative forms

• shecarry, shekarry, shickaree, shikaree, shikarree (all dated)

Etymology

From Urdu شکاری / Hindi शिकारी (śikārī), from Persian شکاری (šekâri, “of hunting”), from شکار (šekâr, “hunting, game”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪˈkɑːɹiː/

Noun

shikari (plural shikaris)

1. A hunter or tracker, especially in the Indian subcontinent.
   • 1903, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Empty House, Norton, published 2005, page 807:

     I wonder that my very simple stratagem could deceive so old a shikari,’ said Holmes.

   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "I'll stake my good name as a shikarree," said he, "that the track is a fresh one."

2. (historical) A shooting-boat used in the Kashmir lakes.

Anagrams

• rikisha

Japanese

Romanization

shikari

1. Rōmaji transcription of しかり