شکار

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈkɑːɾ/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃɪˈkɑːɾ/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃeˈkɒːɾ/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈkɔɾ/

Noun

Iranian Persian	شکار
Dari	شکار
Tajik	шикор (šikor)

شکار • (šekâr) (plural شکارها‎ (šekâr-hâ))

hunt, hunting

Derived terms

شکار کردن‎ (šekâr kardan)
شکارچی‎ (šekârči)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: şikar
→ Hindustani:
- Urdu: شکار‎ (śikār)
- Hindi: शिकार (śikār)
→ Northern Kurdish: şikar
→ Turkish: şikar

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (šikār).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃɪ.kɑːɾ/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /ʃɪ.kɑːɾ/
Hyphenation: شِ‧کار

Noun

شکار • (śikār) m (Hindi spelling शिकार)

hunt
prey, catch; victim
Synonym: نخچیر‎ (naxcīr)

Declension

Declension of شکار
	singular	plural
direct	ترجما‎ (šikār)	ترجما‎ (šikār)
oblique	ترجما‎ (šikār)	ترجماوں‎ (šikārō̃)
vocative	ترجما‎ (šikār)	ترجماو‎ (šikārō)

Derived terms

شکاری‎ (śikārī, “hunter”)
شکار گاہ‎ (śikār-gāh, “hunting ground”)
شکارِ ماہی‎ (śikār-e-māhī, “fishing”)
شِکار پیشَہ‎ (śikār-peśa, “professional hunter”)
شِکارِ جَرْگَہ‎ (śikār-e-jarga)

References

“شکار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “شکار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
Platts, John Thompson (1884), “شکار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
“شکار”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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