حكاية

See also: حكایه

Arabic

Root
ح ك ي (ḥ-k-y)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħi.kaː.ja/

Noun

حِكَايَة • (ḥikāya) f (plural حِكَايَات (ḥikāyāt))

  1. (uncountable) verbal noun of حَكَى (ḥakā) (form I)
  2. story, tale
  3. (grammar, narratology) direct speech

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: հեքիաթ (hekʻiatʻ)
  • Azerbaijani: hekayə
  • Bashkir: хикәйә (xikəyə), әкиәт (əkiət)
  • Chagatai: حکایه
  • Kazakh: хикая (xikaä)
  • Ottoman Turkish: حكایه (hiḱaye), حكایت (hiḱayet)
  • Crimean Tatar: hikâye
  • Persian: حکایت (hekâyat)
    • Classical Malay: حكايت
  • Swahili: hekaya
  • Tatar: хикәя (xikäya), әкият (äkiyat)
  • Turkmen: hekaýa, hekaýat

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ك ي
5 terms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic حِكَايَة (ḥikāya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħkaː.je/, [ˈħkæː.je]
  • IPA(key): /ħkaː.ja/, [ˈħkæː.ja]
  • (file)

Noun

حكاية • (ḥikāye, ḥkāye) f (plural حكايات (ḥikāyāt, ḥkāyāt))

  1. story, tale
    Synonyms: قصّة (ʔuṣṣa), سيرة (sīre)
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