شکایت

See also: سكایت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شِكَايَة (šikāya).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʃɪ.kʰɑː.jǽt̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʃɪ.kʰɑː.jǽt̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʃi.kʰɔː.jǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading? šikāyat
Dari reading? šikāyat
Iranian reading? šekâyat
Tajik reading? šikoyat

Noun

شکایت • (šekâyat)

  1. complaint

Derived terms

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu شِکایَت (śikāyat), from Classical Persian شِکایَت (šikāyat), ultimately from Arabic شِكَايَة (šikāya).

Pronunciation

Noun

شِکایَت • (śikāyat) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਿਕਾਇਤ)

  1. 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) —
locative شِکایَتے (śikāyate) شِکایَتِیں (śikāyatīṉ)
instrumental شِکایَتے (śikāyate) شِکایَتِیں (śikāyatīṉ)

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): [ʃɪ.kɑː.jɪt̪]
  • Audio (PK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ət̪
  • Hyphenation: شِ‧کا‧یَت

Noun

شِکایَت • (śikāyat) f (formal plural شکایات, Hindi spelling शिकायत)

  1. a complaint, objection, criticism
    شِکایَت کَرْنا ― śikāyat karnā ― to complain, to tattle
  2. (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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “شکایت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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