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shikar

[shi-kahr]

shi·kar

[shi-kahr] noun, verb, -karred, -kar·ring. (in India)
noun
1.
the hunting of game for sport.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2.
to hunt.

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Shikar is one of our favorite verbs.
So is yaff. Does it mean:
to run away hurriedly; flee.
to bark; yelp.

Origin:
1600–10; < Urdu < Persian
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shikar ((in India) ʃɪˈkɑː)
 
n
1.  hunting, esp big-game hunting
 
vb , -kars, -karring, -karred
2.  to hunt (game, esp big game)
 
[C17: via Urdu from Persian]

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