hikayat

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hikayat (plural hikayat-hikayat)

1. old Malay literary works in prose form

Derived terms

• berhikayat
• dihikayatkan
• menghikayatkan
• penghikayat

Further reading

• “hikayat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

hikayat

1. Romanization of ꦲꦶꦏꦪꦠ꧀

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hikayat (Jawi spelling حکايت, plural hikayat-hikayat)

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

   Synonyms: riwayat, babad

Descendants

• > Indonesian: hikayat (inherited)

Further reading

• “hikayat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /hiˈkajat/ [hɪˈxaː.jɐt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ajat
• Syllabification: hi‧ka‧yat

Noun

hikayat (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜃᜌᜆ᜔)

1. persuasion; inducement

   Synonyms: himok, ganyak, amuki, akit, paghimok, pagganyak, pag-amuki, pag-akit

Derived terms

• hikayatin
• humikayat
• mahikayat
• manghikayat
• mapanghikayat
• paghikayat
• pahikayat
• pakahikayatin
• panghikayat

Further reading

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