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hakawati

hakawati noun: a public storyteller, in Arab culture.

Noun

hakawati (plural hakawatis)

  1. A public storyteller, in Arab culture.
    • I grinned like a child at a hakawati.2023, Isabella Hammad, Enter Ghost, Jonathan Cape, page 246

Forms of hakawati

pluralhakawatis

Origin of hakawati

From Arabic حَكَوَاتِيّ (ḥakawātiyy).

Questions about hakawati

What does hakawati mean?
Hakawati means a public storyteller, in Arab culture.
What part of speech is hakawati?
Hakawati is a noun.
What is the plural of hakawati?
The plural of hakawati is hakawatis.

Words near hakawati in the dictionary

  1. hakapiks
  2. hakari
  3. hakaris
  4. hakas
  5. hakaw
  6. hakawati
  7. hakawatis
  8. hake
  9. hake's-dame
  10. hakea
  11. hakeas

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