شکایت

See also: سكایت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شِكَايَة (šikāya).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃi.kɑː.ˈjat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ.kʰɑː.jǽt̪]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃe.kʰɒː.jǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃi.kʰɔ.jǽt̪]

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

Noun

شکایت • (šekâyat)

1. complaint

Derived terms

• شکایت کردن (šekâyat kardan)

Punjabi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ʃɪ.käː.jət̪ᵊ/, [ʃɪ.käːj.it̪ᵊ]
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ʃɪ.kɛːt̪ᵊ/, [ʃə̆.kɛːt̪ᵊ]

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 (Pakistan):

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• 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.