shikari

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Urdu / Hindi شکاری / शिकारी (šikārī) < Persian شکاری (šekāri) ‘of hunting’, from شکار (šekār) ‘hunting, game’.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃɪ'kɑ:ri:/

[edit] 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)