Definition of chinkara in English:
chinkara
noun tʃɪŋˈkɑːrəCHiNGˈkärə
(in South Asia) the Indian gazelle, which occurs from Iran to central India.
Gazella bennettii, family Bovidae
Example sentencesExamples
- A Jodhpur Sessions Court has stayed the one-year jail sentence against the Bollywood actor in the chinkara hunting case.
- The existence of chinkara, flying fox, wolf, clawless otter, leopard cat and long-tailed tree mouse is doubtful, says the report.
- The chinkara scattered into the scrub as we approached but the blackbuck kept appearing and reappearing, leaping across our path as we drove through the desert.
- The CJM's court had convicted him for the killing of two chinkara deer on the night of September 26-27, 1998 at Bhavad village while acquitting seven others.
- The grasslands in the park consist of chinkara (the Indian gazelle), nilgai (the blue bull), chausingha (the four-horned antelope) and wild boar.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Hindi cikārā, from Sanskrit chikkāra.