hakawati
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic حَكَوَاتِيّ (ḥakawātiyy).
Noun
[edit]hakawati (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.