shikara
shikara noun: a type of small wooden boat.
Noun
shikara (plural shikaras)
- A type of small wooden boat
- The thaw had come rapidly, as usual; many of the small boats, the shikaras, had been caught napping, which was also normal.1981, Salman Rushdie, chapter 1, in Midnight's Children
- You can also take a shikara to a library right in the heart of the Dal.2016 June 19, “Cafe culture brews in chinar country”, in The Times of India
shikara meaning in Tamil and Punjabi
shikara in Tamil
- வேட்டை வல்லூறு
shikara in Punjabi
- shikara
- ਸ਼ਿਕਾਰਾ śikārā
Forms of shikara
| plural | shikaras |
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Origin of shikara
Borrowed from Hindi शिकारा (śikārā).
Questions about shikara
- What does shikara mean?
- Shikara means a type of small wooden boat.
- What is shikara in Tamil?
- Shikara in Tamil is வேட்டை வல்லூறு. See Shikara meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is shikara?
- Shikara is a noun.
- What is the plural of shikara?
- The plural of shikara is shikaras.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shikara (page history and authors); shikara (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸ਼ਿਕਾਰਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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