See also: سكایت

Persian edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic شِكَايَة (šikāya).

Pronunciation edit

 

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

Noun edit

شکایت (šekâyat)

  1. complaint

Derived terms edit

Punjabi edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

شِکایَت (śikāyatf (Gurmukhi spelling ਸ਼ਿਕਾਇਤ)

  1. Synonym of اُلَاہْما (ulāhmā, complaint)

Declension edit

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) شِکایَتیں (śikāyateṉ)

Further reading edit

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “شِکایَت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʃɪ.kɑː.jət̪/
  • (Overseas) IPA(key): [ʃɪ.kɑː.jɪt̪]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ət̪
  • Hyphenation: شِ‧کا‧یَت

Noun edit

شِکایَت (śikāyatf (formal plural شکایات, Hindi spelling शिकायत)

  1. a complaint, objection, criticism
    شِکایَت کَرْناśikāyat karnāto complain, to tattle
  2. (by extension) illness; symptom

Declension edit

Declension of شکایت
singular plural
direct شِکایَت (śikāyat) شِکایَتیں (śikāyatẽ)
oblique شِکایَت (śikāyat) شِکایَتوں (śikāyatõ)
vocative شِکایَت (śikāyat) شِکایَتو (śikāyato)

Descendants edit

  • Punjabi: شِکایَت (śikāyat)

Further reading edit

  • 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] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “شکایت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.