shikar

shi·kar

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [shi-kahr]
- /ʃɪˈkɑr/
- /ʃɪˈk.ɑː/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [shi-kahr]
- /ʃɪˈkɑr/

Definitions of shikar word

noun shikar the hunting of game for sport. 1
noun shikar hunting, esp big-game hunting 0
verb shikar to hunt (game, esp big game) 0
noun shikar in India, hunting as a sport 0

See all 4 definitions of shikar

Information block about the term

Origin of shikar

First appearance:

before 1600

One of the 39% oldest English words

1600-10; < Urdu < Persian

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Shikar

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Shikar

shikar popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

shikar usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer