Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic حِكَايَة (ḥikāya).

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

Noun

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Dari حکایت
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳикоят

حِکایَت (hekâyat) (plural حکایات (hekâyât) or حکایت‌ها (hekâyat-hâ))

  1. anecdote
  2. story, tale
    Synonym: داستان (dâstân)

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Urdu

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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حِکایَت (hikāyatf (Hindi spelling हिकायत)

  1. narrative, narration, history, story, tale, romance

Further reading

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  • 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.
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