hakawati

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English

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Etymology

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Arabic حَكَوَاتِيّ (ḥakawātiyy)

Noun

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hakawati (plural hakawatis)

  1. A public storyteller, in Arab culture.
    • 2023, Isabella Hammad, Enter Ghost, Jonathan Cape, page 246:
      I grinned like a child at a hakawati.
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