حکایت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِكَايَة‎ (ḥikāya).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /hikɑːjat/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /hɪkɑːjat/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /hekɒːjæt/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /hikɔjat/

Noun

Iranian Persian	حکایت
Dari	حکایت
Tajik	ҳикоят (hikoyat)

حکایت • (hekâyat) (plural حکایات‎ (hekâyât) or حکایت‌ها‎ (hekâyat-hâ))

anecdote
story, tale
Synonym: داستان‎ (dâstân)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: हिकायत (hikāyat)
- Urdu: حکایت‎ (hikāyat)
→ Punjabi: حِکایَت‎ (ḥikāyat)
→ Russian: хикая́т (xikaját)
→ Ukrainian: хікая́т (xikaját)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (hikāyat), from Arabic حِكَايَة‎ (ḥikāya).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦɪ.kɑː.jət̪/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /ɦɪ.kɑː.jət̪/

Noun

حِکایَت • (ḥikāyat) f (Hindi spelling हिकायत)

narrative, narration, history, story, tale, romance

Further reading

“حکایت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
Platts, John T. (1884), “حکایت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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