SHIKAR

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SHIKAR , the Hindostani

term

TERM

for

sport

SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to
play
- PLAY
, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

, in the sense of

shooting

SHOOTING

and

hunting

HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,
booty
- BOOTY (apparently influenced by " boot," O. Eng. bot, ad-vantage or profit, through an
  adaptation
  - ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)
  from an earlier form cognate with Ger. Beute and Fr. butin)
)

. The word is in universal use by Anglo-Indians for the pursuit of large

game

GAME

, such as tiger-

shooting

SHOOTING

and pig-sticking. The shikari is either the native

expert

EXPERT (Lat. expertus, from experiri, to try)

, who marks the

game

GAME

for the sportsman, or else the

European

EUROPEAN

sportsman himself.

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