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

Declension of noun حِكَايَة (ḥikāya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِكَايَة ḥikāya	الْحِكَايَة al-ḥikāya	حِكَايَة ḥikāyat
Nominative	حِكَايَةٌ ḥikāyatun	الْحِكَايَةُ al-ḥikāyatu	حِكَايَةُ ḥikāyatu
Accusative	حِكَايَةً ḥikāyatan	الْحِكَايَةَ al-ḥikāyata	حِكَايَةَ ḥikāyata
Genitive	حِكَايَةٍ ḥikāyatin	الْحِكَايَةِ al-ḥikāyati	حِكَايَةِ ḥikāyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِكَايَتَيْن ḥikāyatayn	الْحِكَايَتَيْن al-ḥikāyatayn	حِكَايَتَيْ ḥikāyatay
Nominative	حِكَايَتَانِ ḥikāyatāni	الْحِكَايَتَانِ al-ḥikāyatāni	حِكَايَتَا ḥikāyatā
Accusative	حِكَايَتَيْنِ ḥikāyatayni	الْحِكَايَتَيْنِ al-ḥikāyatayni	حِكَايَتَيْ ḥikāyatay
Genitive	حِكَايَتَيْنِ ḥikāyatayni	الْحِكَايَتَيْنِ al-ḥikāyatayni	حِكَايَتَيْ ḥikāyatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِكَايَات ḥikāyāt	الْحِكَايَات al-ḥikāyāt	حِكَايَات ḥikāyāt
Nominative	حِكَايَاتٌ ḥikāyātun	الْحِكَايَاتُ al-ḥikāyātu	حِكَايَاتُ ḥikāyātu
Accusative	حِكَايَاتٍ ḥikāyātin	الْحِكَايَاتِ al-ḥikāyāti	حِكَايَاتِ ḥikāyāti
Genitive	حِكَايَاتٍ ḥikāyātin	الْحِكَايَاتِ al-ḥikāyāti	حِكَايَاتِ ḥikāyāti

Descendants

• → Armenian: հեքիաթ (hekʻiatʻ)
• → Azerbaijani: hekayə
• → Bashkir: хикәйә (xikəyə), әкиәт (əkiət)
• → Chagatai: حکایه
  • Uyghur: ھېكايە (hëkaye)
  • Uzbek: hikoya, hikoyat
• → Kazakh: хикая (xikaä)
• → Ottoman Turkish: حكایه (hiḱaye), حكایت (hiḱayet)
  • Turkish: hikâye
• → Crimean Tatar: hikâye
• → Persian: حکایت (hekâyat)
  • → Hindustani:
    • → Hindi: हिकायत (hikāyat)
    • → Urdu: حِکایَت (hikāyat)
  • → Punjabi: حِکایَت (ḥikāyat)
  • → Russian: хикая́т (xikaját)
  • → Ukrainian: хікая́т (xikaját)
  • → Classical Malay: حكايت
    • Malay: hikayat
• → 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]

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Noun

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

1. story, tale

   Synonyms: قصّة (ʔuṣṣa), سيرة (sīre)