حکایت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِكَايَة (ḥikāya).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /hi.kaː.ˈjat/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪ.kʰɑː.jǽt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.kʰɑː.jǽt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.kʰɔː.jǽt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [he.kʰɒː.jǽt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hi.kʰɔ.jǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	hikāyat
Dari reading^?	hikāyat
Iranian reading^?	hekâyat
Tajik reading^?	hikoyat

Noun


Iranian Persian	حکایت
Dari	حکایت
Tajik	ҳикоят

حِکایَت • (hekâyat) (plural حکایات (hekâyât), or حکایت‌ها)

anecdote
story, tale
Synonym: داستان (dâstân)

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: हिकायत (hikāyat)

Urdu: حِکایَت (hikāyat)
→ Punjabi: حِکایَت (ḥikāyat)
→ Russian: хикая́т (xikaját)
→ Ukrainian: хікая́т (xikaját)

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦɪ.kɑː.jət̪/

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.