شکایت
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See also: سكایت
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شِكَايَة (šikāya).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | šikāyat |
| Dari reading? | šikāyat |
| Iranian reading? | šekâyat |
| Tajik reading? | šikoyat |
Noun
شکایت • (šekâyat)
Derived terms
- شکایت کردن (šekâyat kardan)
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu شِکایَت (śikāyat), from Classical Persian شِکایَت (šikāyat), ultimately from Arabic شِكَايَة (šikāya).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /ʃɪ.käː.jət̪ᵊ/,
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /ʃɪ.kɛːt̪ᵊ/,
Noun
شِکایَت • (śikāyat) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਿਕਾਇਤ)
- Synonym of اُلَاہْما (ulāhmā, “complaint”)
Declension
| Declension of شکایت | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | شِکایَت (śikāyat) | |
| dir. pl. | شِکایَتاں (śikāyatāṉ) | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | شِکایَت (śikāyat) | شِکایَتاں (śikāyatāṉ) |
| oblique | شِکایَت (śikāyat) | شِکایَتاں (śikāyatāṉ) |
| vocative | شِکایَتے (śikāyate) | شِکایَتو (śikāyato) |
| ablative | شِکایَتوں (śikāyatoṉ) | شِکایَتاں (śikāyatāṉ) |
| locative | شِکایَتی (śikāyatī) | شِکایَتِیں (śikāyatīṉ) |
| instrumental | شِکایَتِیں (śikāyatīṉ) | شِکایَتے (śikāyate) |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “شِکایَت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شِکایَت (šikāyat), from Arabic شِكَايَة (šikāya).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʃɪ.kɑː.jət̪/
- (Overseas) IPA(key):
Audio (Pakistan): (file) - Rhymes: -ət̪
- Hyphenation: شِ‧کا‧یَت
Noun
شِکایَت • (śikāyat) f (formal plural شکایات, Hindi spelling शिकायत)
- a complaint, objection, criticism
- شِکایَت کَرْنا ― śikāyat karnā ― to complain, to tattle
- (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) | ||||||
Descendants
- → Punjabi: شِکایَت (śikāyat)
Further reading
- “شکایت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “شکایت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شکایت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.