شکارچی

Persian

Etymology

From شکار (šekâr) +‎ ـچی (-či).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃi.kɑːɾ.ˈt͡ʃiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ.kʰɑːɾ.t͡ʃʰíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ.kʰɑːɾ.t͡ʃʰíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ.kʰɑːɾ.t͡ʃʰíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃi.kʰɔːɾ.t͡ʃʰí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃe.kʰɒːɹ.t͡ʃʰíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃi.kʰɔɾ.t͡ʃʰí]

Readings
Classical reading?	šikārčī
Dari reading?	šikārčī
Iranian reading?	šekârči
Tajik reading?	šikorči

Noun

Dari	شکارچی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шикорчӣ

شِکارْچی • (šekârči) (plural شکارچیان (šekârčiân))

1. hunter

   Synonyms: صیاد (sayyâd), نخچیرباں (naxčirbân)

   شکارچی غیرمجاز ― šekârči-ye ğeyr-mojâz ― poacher

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “شکارچی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim