Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shikari

/ʃɪˈkɑːɹiː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables: shikari
IPA: /ʃɪˈkɑːɹiː/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hunter or tracker, especially in the Indian subcontinent.

noun

A shooting-boat used in the Kashmir lakes.

Example Sentences

"‘And if thou art not a shikarri, where didst thou learn thy knowledge of the tiger-folk?’ said he. ‘No tracker could have done better.’"
"I wonder that my very simple stratagem could deceive so old a shikari,’ said Holmes."
""I'll stake my good name as a shikarree," said he, "that the track is a fresh one.""

Etymology

From Urdu شکاری / Hindi शिकारी (śikārī), from Classical Persian شکاری (šikārī, “of hunting”), from شکار (šikār, “hunting, game”).

Origin

Source language: Hindi

Word Breakdown

Root: شکاری, शिकारी

Inflected Forms

shikaris (plural) shecarry (alternative, dated) shekarry (alternative, dated) shickaree (alternative, dated) shikaree (alternative, dated) shikarree (alternative, dated) shikarri (alternative, dated)

Questions

How do you pronounce shikari?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʃɪˈkɑːɹiː/.
What does shikari mean?: A hunter or tracker, especially in the Indian subcontinent.
Where does shikari come from?: It is traced to Hindi.

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