शिकारी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شکاری (šikārī). By surface analysis, शिकार (śikār) +‎ -ई (-ī). Compare Assamese চিকাৰী (sikari), Bengali শিকারি (śikari).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃɪ.kɑː.ɾiː/, [ʃɪ.käː.ɾiː]

Noun

शिकारी • (śikārī) m (feminine शिकारिका, Urdu spelling شکاری)

1. a hunter

   Synonyms: सय्याद (sayyād), आहेरी (āherī)

2. a fisherman, fisher

Declension

Declension of शिकारी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शिकारी śikārī	शिकारी śikārī
oblique	शिकारी śikārī	शिकारियों śikāriyõ
vocative	शिकारी śikārī	शिकारियो śikāriyo

Adjective

शिकारी • (śikārī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling شِکاری)

1. (relational) hunting

   शिकारी कुत्ता ― śikārī kuttā ― hunting dog

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शिकारी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “शिकारी”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “शिकारी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “शिकारी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “शिकारी”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.