Shikari
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A Shikari is a big game hunter, especially in India
, a native hunter who serves as a guide. The word is derived from Persian
Shikar (of hunting) + Persian suffix i (denoting possession).
Shikari may also refer to:
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, a native hunter who serves as a guide. The word is derived from Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
Shikar (of hunting) + Persian suffix i (denoting possession).
Shikari may also refer to:
- Enter ShikariEnter ShikariEnter Shikari are a British band, that combine post-hardcore with elements of various electronic genres, formed in 2003 in St Albans, Hertfordshire. The band is named after a boat belonging to Roughton "Rou" Reynolds' uncle, and a character in a play which he wrote before forming the band, both of...
, a present day Post-HardcorePost-hardcorePost-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...
punk rock band from St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK - HMS Shikari, a British DestroyerBritish World War II destroyersAt the start of World War II, the Royal Navy operated a range of destroyer classes. Some of these were legacies of World War I , some were designed during the inter-war years and the rest were the result of wartime experience and conditions...
which played important roles in the Dunkirk evacuation. - Shikara, a light, flat-bottomed boat used in KashmirKashmirKashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range...
- Shikari, a dutch screamo/hardcore band signed to Level Plane Records. Not to be confused with Enter ShikariEnter ShikariEnter Shikari are a British band, that combine post-hardcore with elements of various electronic genres, formed in 2003 in St Albans, Hertfordshire. The band is named after a boat belonging to Roughton "Rou" Reynolds' uncle, and a character in a play which he wrote before forming the band, both of...
. - Shikari: The HunterShikari: The HunterShikari: The Hunter is a 1991 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by Umesh Mehra and Latif Faiziyev, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah, Varsha Usgaonkar, Irina Kushnareva and Amrish Puri-Plot:...
, a 1991 Hindi film - Shikari (2000 film)Shikari (2000 film)Shikari is 2000 Hindi movie directed by N. Chandra and starring Govinda, Karishma Kapoor, Tabu, Kiran Kumar.Other cast include Paresh Rawal, Gulshan Grover, Johnny Lever, Sushma Seth, Shweta Menon, Nirmal Pandey, Raja Jung Bahadur....
, a Hindi film - Shikari (2011 film)Shikari (2011 film)Shikari is an upcoming bilingual film in Kannada and Malayalam. The film is written and directed by Abhay Simha. It stars Mammootty and Poonam Bajwa in the lead, with Aditya, Mohan and Innocent doing other major roles. The film is the Kannada debut of Mammootty, and also the Malayalam debut of...
, a Kannada and Malayalam film - Shikari LonestarShikari (comics)Shikari is a fictional character, a superheroine in the future of the DC Comics universe and a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. She was created by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning and Olivier Coipel and first appeared in Legion Lost #1....
, a fictional character from the DC comics Legion of Super-Heroes series