shikar

[ shi-kahr ]

/ ʃɪˈkɑr /

(in India)

the hunting of game for sport.

to hunt.

Origin of shikar

1600–10; < Urdu < Persian

All the officer Sahibs of Deoli and Nasirabad go in this tonga for shikar.

From Sea to Sea |Rudyard Kipling
The Wurdwan is reputed to be the best locality for shikar in Cashmere.

The Diary of a Hunter from the Punjab to the Karakorum Mountains |Augustus Henry Irby
Bloodshed was the only thing lacking in this shikar, at least I cannot recall any.

My Reminiscences |Rabindranath Tagore
With regard to the shikar, (shooting) both large and small game abound.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The |William Griffith

They were swarms of lice and fleas, and we did a shikar for them most of the night.

The Secrets of a Kuttite |Edward O. Mousley

shikar

/ (in India ʃɪˈkɑː) /

hunting, esp big-game hunting

to hunt (game, esp big game)

C17: via Urdu from Persian