حکایت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِكَايَة (ḥikāya).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hi.kɑː.ˈjat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪ.kʰɑː.jǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪ.kʰɑː.jǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.kʰɑː.jǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.kʰɔː.jǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [he.kʰɒː.jǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hi.kʰɔ.jǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	hikāyat
Dari reading?	hikāyat
Iranian reading?	hekâyat
Tajik reading?	hikoyat

Noun

Dari	حکایت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳикоят

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

1. anecdote
2. story, tale

   Synonym: داستان (dâstân)

Descendants

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

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

حِکایَت • (hikāyat) f (Hindi spelling हिकायत)

1. narrative, narration, history, story, tale, romance

Further reading

• “حکایت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (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.