Home › Words › S › shikarashikarashikara · noun — A type of small wooden boat.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyBorrowed from Hindi शिकारा (śikārā).nounA type of small wooden boate.g.“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:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bateau 61% match — A small, flat-bottomed type of boat. vs shikara →catur 59% match — A light rowboat used on the coast of Malabar in the early days of the Portuguese. vs shikara →dahabieh 59% match — A traditional Egyptian sailing-boat. vs shikara →dghaisa 59% match — A small boat resembling a gondola, common in Malta. vs shikara →batil 58% match — A type of traditional sailing vessel used in the Arabian Sea. vs shikara →chalupa 57% match — A shallop (light boat) from Xochimilco. vs shikara →dahabeeya 57% match — A large, slow, flat-bottomed boat with a sail at one end, used on the Nile river for carrying passengers, hauling cargo, or as a houseboat. vs shikara →oolak 57% match — An Indian boat for transporting freight. vs shikara →