نخچیر

• نخجیر‎ (naxjir)

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭧𐭰𐭩𐭫‎ (naxčīr, “game, quarry, chase; hunting, hunt”), from Proto-Iranian *naxusčr̥ya- (“top hunting; top quarry”).

The first part naxu- ("first; top") is related to نخست‎ (noxost, “first”), and the latter part *sčr̥ya- ("hunting; what is to be chased") is related to شکار‎ (šekâr, “hunt, hunting”), hence the original meaning "what is to be hunted to display the outstanding skill of the hunter".

Cognate with Parthian 𐭍𐭇𐭔𐭉𐭓‎ (naxčīr, “game, quarry, chase”), and Sogdian ܢܓܫܝܪ‎ (naxšīr, “wild beast; wild goat”).

نخچیر • (naxčir)

1. hunt, hunting
2. prey; game, quarry

• شکار‎ (šekâr)

• نخچیرزار‎ (naxčirzâr, “hunting ground”)
• نخچیرباں‎ (naxčîrbân, “hunter”)

• → Urdu: نخچیر‎ (naxcīr)

From Classical Persian نخچیر‎ (naxčīr, “hunt, hunting; game, quarry; prey”).

Cognate with Wakhi نخچیر‎ (naxčīr, “fox”), Yidgha نخشیر‎ (naxšīr, “goat”), Yagnobi нахшир (naxšir), and Gandhari 𐨣𐨐𐨿𐨕𐨁𐨌𐨪‎ (naxcīra).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nəx.t͡ʃiːɾ/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /nəx.t͡ʃiːɾ/

نخچیر • (naxcīr) m (Hindi spelling नख़चीर)

1. prey; game, quarry
2. wild beast, wild animal
3. wounded beast; captured prey
4. (by extension) captive, prisoner

• نخچیری‎ (naxcīrī, “(pretaining to) hunting”)
• نخچیر گاہ‎ (naxcīr-gāh, “hunting ground”)
• نخچیر زن‎ (naxcīr-zan, “hunter”)
• نخچیر کشی‎ (naxcīr-kušī, “hunting”)
• نخچیر مُحبَّت‎ (naxcīr-e-muhabbat)

• شکار‎ (šikār)

• “نخچیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.