hikayat

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Indonesian

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Etymology

Inherited from Malay hikayat, from Classical Persian حکایت (hikāyat), from Arabic حِكَايَة (ḥikāya, story).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hi.ˈka.jat/
  • Rhymes: -jat
  • Hyphenation: hi‧ka‧yat
  • Rhymes: -at

Noun

hikayat (plural hikayat-hikayat, first-person possessive hikayatku, second-person possessive hikayatmu, third-person possessive hikayatnya)

  1. old Malay literary works in prose form

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Javanese

Romanization

hikayat

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦶꦏꦪꦠ꧀

Malay

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hiˈkajat/
  • Hyphenation: hi‧ka‧yat

Noun

hikayat (Jawi spelling حکايت, plural hikayat-hikayat, informal 1st possessive hikayatku, 2nd possessive hikayatmu, 3rd possessive hikayatnya)

  1. (mythology, fiction) saga (a long, ancient tale (or series of tales) written in prose)
  2. (historiography) history, chronicle, biography
    Synonyms: riwayat, babad

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: hikayat (inherited)

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Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

hikayat (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜃᜌᜆ᜔)

  1. persuasion; inducement
    Synonyms: himok, ganyak, amuki, akit, paghimok, pagganyak, pag-amuki, pag-akit

Derived terms

Further reading

  • hikayat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018