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Complete Definition of "shikari"

English

Etymology
From Urd. / Hind. ur-Arab|شکار� / शि�ार� (šik�rī) < Pers. fa-Arab|شکار� (šek�ri) �of hunting�, from fa-Arab|شکار (šek�r) �hunting, game�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�ɪ'k�:ri:/

Noun
en-noun

  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)

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