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Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حِكَايَة (ḥikāya).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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hikāyat
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| Dari reading?
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hikāyat
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| Iranian reading?
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hekâyat
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| Tajik reading?
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hikoyat
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Noun
| Dari
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حکایت
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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ҳикоят
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حِکایَت • (hekâyat) (plural حکایات (hekâyât) or حکایتها (hekâyat-hâ))
- anecdote
- story, tale
- Synonym: داستان (dâstân)
Descendants
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian حِکَایَت (hikāyat), from Arabic حِكَايَة (ḥikāya).
Pronunciation
Noun
حِکایَت • (hikāyat) f (Hindi spelling हिकायत)
- 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.