SHIKARA Meaning of SHIKARA in English [ ʃɪ'kα:rə ]■ noun Indian (in Kashmir) a houseboat. ↘a light flat-bottomed boat.Originvia Kashmiri from Pers. šikārī 'of hunting'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004