User Contributed Dictionary
Pronunciation
/ʃɪˈkɑː/Noun
- Hunting, sport; a hunting expedition.
- 1888: Where other men took ten days to the Hills, Strickland took leave for what he called shikar, put on the disguise that appealed to him at the time, stepped down into the brown crowd, and was swallowed up for a while. — Rudyard Kipling, ‘Miss Youghal's Sais’, Plain Tales from the Hills (Folio Society 2007, p. 25)
- hunting guide (elsewhere besides India, e.g. Australia)
Related terms
- shikari - hunter
Extensive Definition
Shikaar or Shikar is an Urdu/Hindi word meaning
Hunt, or hunting. For details on the form of regal hunting
practised in India during the
colonial
period, see Shikar.
It is also the title of the following Hindi films :-
- Shikar (1955 film)
- Shikar (1968 film)
- Shikaar (1996 film)
- Shikaar (2000 film)
- Shikaar (2004 film)
- Shikar (tala), a tala (rhythm in hindustani music)