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chinkara /tʃɪŋˈkɑːrə /noun (plural same)(In South Asia) the Indian gazelle, which occurs from Iran to central India.- Gazella bennettii, family Bovidae.
The grasslands in the park consist of chinkara (the Indian gazelle), nilgai (the blue bull), chausingha (the four-horned antelope) and wild boar....- 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.
- A Jodhpur Sessions Court has stayed the one-year jail sentence against the Bollywood actor in the chinkara hunting case.
OriginMid 19th century: from Hindi cikārā, from Sanskrit chikkāra. |