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hikayat

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Malay hikayat, from Classical Persian حکایت (hikāyat), from Arabic حِكَايَة (ḥikāya, “story”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hi.ˈka.jat/
  • Rhymes: -jat
  • Hyphenation: hi‧ka‧yat

Noun

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hikayat (plural hikayat-hikayat, first-person possessive hikayatku, second-person possessive hikayatmu, third-person possessive hikayatnya)

  1. old Malay literary works in prose form

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Javanese

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Romanization

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hikayat

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦶꦏꦪꦠ꧀

Malay

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian حکایت (hikāyat), from Arabic حِكَايَة (ḥikāya, “story”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hiˈkajat/ [hiˈka.jat̪]
  • Hyphenation: hi‧ka‧yat

Noun

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hikayat (Jawi spelling حکايت, plural hikayat-hikayat, informal 1st possessive hikayatku, 2nd possessive hikayatmu, 3rd possessive hikayatnya)

  1. (mythology, fiction) saga (a long, ancient tale (or series of tales) written in prose)
  2. (historiography) history, chronicle, biography
    Synonyms: riwayat, babad

Descendants

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  • > Indonesian: hikayat (inherited)

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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hikayat (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜃᜌᜆ᜔)

  1. persuasion; inducement
    Synonyms: himok, ganyak, amuki, akit, paghimok, pagganyak, pag-amuki, pag-akit

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “hikayat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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