شکاری

Persian

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃi.kaː.ˈriː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ.kʰɑː.ɾiː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ.kʰɑː.ɾiː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃi.kʰɔː.ɾi]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃe.kʰɒː.ɹiː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃi.kʰɔ.ɾi]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šikārī
Dari reading^?	šikārī
Iranian reading^?	šekâri
Tajik reading^?	šikori

Noun

شکاری • (šikārī / šekâri) (Tajik spelling шикорӣ)

hunter, predator

Further reading

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (šikārī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃɪ.kɑː.ɾiː/

Noun

شِکاری • (śikārī) m (Hindi spelling शिकारी)

hunter, predator
shikari

Further reading

“شکاری”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “شکاری”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.