A type of small, lightweight wooden boat used on the Dal Lake and other bodies of water in Kashmir, India.
A type of small, lightweight wooden boat used on the Dal Lake and other bodies of water in Kashmir, India. Shikaras are used for transport, fishing, and especially for ferrying tourists around the famous houseboats of Srinagar. The word is strongly associated with Kashmiri tourism culture.
They hired a shikara to drift through the floating gardens on the lake as the sun set.
No comments yet — say something.
Add your own interpretation of "shikara".
Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
See all Regional & Other slang on Slangora.
Browse all slang words starting with S.
(India, nautical) A type of small wooden boat.
No comments yet — say something.