hakawati
English
editEtymology
editArabic حَكَوَاتِيّ (ḥakawātiyy)
Noun
edithakawati (plural hakawatis)
- A public storyteller, in Arab culture.
- 2023, Isabella Hammad, Enter Ghost, Jonathan Cape, page 246:
- I grinned like a child at a hakawati.
Arabic حَكَوَاتِيّ (ḥakawātiyy)
hakawati (plural hakawatis)