شکار

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Iranian *skar-der.
Sogdian 𐽁𐼸𐼰𐽀 (škʾr)bor.?
Persian شکار
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    Not attested in Middle Persian, though related forms are Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed]Category:Requests for Book Pahlavi script for Middle Persian terms#شکار (šklk /⁠škarag⁠/, “bird of prey”), [Book Pahlavi needed]Category:Requests for Book Pahlavi script for Middle Persian terms#شکار (wškl /⁠wiškar⁠/, “hunting ground”).

    Perhaps a loanword from SogdianCategory:Persian terms borrowed from Sogdian#شکارCategory:Persian terms derived from Sogdian#شکار 𐽁𐼸𐼰𐽀 (škʾr, “to pursue, to drive”).[1] Both the Middle Persian and the Sogdian are from Proto-IranianCategory:Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian#شکار *skar- (“to pursue, to look for (cattle)”), which has no non-Iranian cognates.[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? šikār
    Dari reading? šikār
    Iranian reading? šekâr
    Tajik reading? šikor

    Noun

    Dari شکار
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik шикор

    شکار • (šikār / šekâr) (plural شکارها (šikār-hā / šekâr-hâ), Tajik spelling шикор)Category:Persian lemmas#شکارCategory:Persian nouns#شکارCategory:Persian entries with incorrect language header#شکارCategory:Pages with entries#شکارCategory:Pages with 2 entries#شکار

    1. hunt, hunting
      Synonyms: نخچیر (naxčir), صید (seyd)
    2. game, prey

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    1. 1 2 Cheung, Johnny (2007), “skar”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 345

    Urdu

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Iranian *skar-der.
    Sogdian 𐽁𐼸𐼰𐽀 (škʾr)bor.?
    Classical Persian شِکَار (šikār)bor.
    Urdu شکار

      Borrowed from Classical Persian شِکَار (šikār), possibly borrowed from Sogdian 𐽁𐼸𐼰𐽀 (škʾr), from Proto-Iranian *skar-.

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      Pronunciation

      Noun

      شِکار • (śikār) m (Hindi spelling शिकार)Category:Urdu lemmas#شکارCategory:Urdu nouns#شکارCategory:Urdu entries with incorrect language header#شکارCategory:Urdu masculine nouns#شکارCategory:Pages with entries#شکارCategory:Pages with 2 entries#شکار

      1. hunt
      2. prey, catch; victim
        Synonym: نخچیر (naxcīr)

      Declension

      Declension of شکار
      singular plural
      direct شکار (šikār) شکار (šikār)
      oblique شکار (šikār) شکاروں (šikārõ)
      vocative شکار (šikār) شکارو (šikāro)
      Category:Urdu nouns with declensionCategory:Urdu masculine consonant-stem nouns

      Derived terms

      References

      • “شکار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
      • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “شکار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
      • Platts, John T. (1884), “شکار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
      • “شکار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
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