शिकार

See also: शुक्र and शंकर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian شکار‎ (šekâr).

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

• शिकार करना (śikār karnā, “to hunt”)
• शिकारी (śikārī)

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