حكاية

See also: حكایه

Arabic

Etymology

From root ح ك ي (ḥ-k-y).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħi.kaː.ja/

Noun

حِكَايَة (ḥikāya) f (plural حِكَايَات (ḥikāyāt))

  1. verbal noun of حَكَى (ḥakā) (form I)
  2. story, tale
  3. (grammar) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: հեքիաթ (hekʿiatʿ)
  • Azerbaijani: hekayə
  • Bashkir: хикәйә (xikäyä), әкиәт (äkiät)
  • Chagatai: حکایه
  • Kazakh: хикая (xikaä)
  • Ottoman Turkish: حكایه (hiḱaye), حكایت (hiḱayet)
  • Persian: حکایت (hekâyat)
    • Hindustani:
      • Hindi: हिकायत (hikāyat)
      • Urdu: حکایت (hikāyat)
    • Punjabi: حِکایَت (ḥikāyat)
    • Russian: хикая́т (xikaját)
    • Ukrainian: хікая́т (xikaját)
    • Classical Malay: حكايت
  • Swahili: hekaya
  • Tatar: хикәя (xikäya), әкият (äkiyat)
  • Turkmen: hekaýa, hekaýat

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ك ي

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic حِكَايَة (ḥikāya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħkaː.je/, [ˈħkæː.je]
  • IPA(key): /ħkaː.ja/, [ˈħkæː.ja]
  • (file)

Noun

حكاية (ḥikāye, ḥkāye) f (plural حكايات (ḥikāyāt, ḥkāyāt))

  1. story, tale
    Synonyms: قصّة (ʔuṣṣa), سيرة (sīre)
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