shikar

[shi-kahr](in India)

noun

the hunting of game for sport.

verb (used with or without object), shi·karred, shi·kar·ring.

to hunt.

Origin of shikar

1600–10; < Urdu < Persian

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Historical Examples of shikar

Bloodshed was the only thing lacking in this shikar, at least I cannot recall any.
My Reminiscences
Rabindranath Tagore
They were swarms of lice and fleas, and we did a shikar for them most of the night.
The Secrets of a Kuttite
Edward O. Mousley
All the officer Sahibs of Deoli and Nasirabad go in this tonga for shikar.
From Sea to Sea
Rudyard Kipling
But he hears the shrill cry of a squirrel—this at once recalls to him the image of the little rodent and past shikar.
Birds of the Plains
Douglas Dewar
With regard to the shikar, (shooting) both large and small game abound.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The
William Griffith

British Dictionary definitions for shikar

shikar

noun

hunting, esp big-game hunting

verb -kars, -karring or -karred

to hunt (game, esp big game)

Word Origin for shikar

C17: via Urdu from Persian

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