شکایت

See also: سكایت‎

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شِكَايَة‎ (šikāya).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal/KBL) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ.kʰɑː.jǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal/KBL) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ.kʰɑː.jǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi/approx.) IPA^(key): [ʃi.kʰɔː.jǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal/TEH) IPA^(key): [ʃe.kʰɒː.jǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal/DUS) IPA^(key): [ʃi.kʰɔ.jǽt̪]

• Phonetic Persian:

Traditional: [شِکایَت]‎

Iranian: [شِکایَت]‎

Readings
Classical reading?	šikāyat
Dari reading?	šikāyat
Iranian reading?	šekâyat
Tajik reading?	šikoyat

Noun

شکایت • (šekâyat)

1. complaint

Derived terms

• شکایت کردن‎ (šekâyat kardan)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شکایت‎ (šikāyat), from Arabic شِكَايَة‎ (šikāya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃɪ.kɑː.jət̪/
• (Overseas) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ.kɑː.jɪt̪]

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• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: شِ‧کا‧یَت

Noun

شِکایَت • (śikāyat) f (formal plural شکایات‎, Hindi spelling शिकायत)

1. a complaint, objection, criticism

   ‏شِکایَت کَرْنا‎ ― śikāyat karnā ― to complain, to tattle

2. (by extension) illness; symptom

Declension

Declension of شکایت
	singular	plural
direct	شِکایَت (śikāyat)	شِکایَتیں‎ (śikāyatẽ)
oblique	شِکایَت (śikāyat)	شِکایَتوں‎ (śikāyatõ)
vocative	شِکایَت (śikāyat)	شِکایَتو‎ (śikāyato)

Further reading

• “شکایت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “شکایت”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “شکایت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.