Etymology

shikar

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Today it means: Hunting, sport; a hunting expedition. Full definition →

Urdu شکار ← Hindi शिकार ← Classical Persian شکار
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The story

  1. Classical Persian · derived fromشکار
  2. Hindi · borrowed fromशिकार
  3. Urdu · borrowed fromشکار
  4. English todayshikar

From Urdu شکار / Hindi शिकार (śikār), from Classical Persian شکار (šikār).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.