hikayat

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

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

hikayat (plural hikayat-hikayat)

1. old Malay literary works in prose form

• “hikayat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

hikayat

1. romanization of ꦲꦶꦏꦪꦠ꧀

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

• IPA^(key): /hiˈkajat/ [hiˈka.jat̪̚]
• Hyphenation: hi‧ka‧yat

hikayat (Jawi spelling حکايت, plural hikayat-hikayat)

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

   Synonyms: riwayat, babad

• > Indonesian: hikayat (inherited)

• “hikayat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /hiˈkajat/ [hɪˈxaː.jɐt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ajat
• Syllabification: hi‧ka‧yat

hikayat (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜃᜌᜆ᜔)

1. persuasion; inducement

   Synonyms: himok, ganyak, amuki, akit, paghimok, pagganyak, pag-amuki, pag-akit

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