hakawatin.

Brit.

/hakəˈwɑːti/, U.S.

/ˌhɑkəˈwɑdi/

Inflections: hakawatis, unchanged.

Forms: 1900s– hakawati, 2000s– hakawaty. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic ḥakawātī.

Etymology: < Levantine Arabic ḥakawātī popular storyteller, irregularly < a spoken Arabic plural form (compare the standard plural form ḥikāyāt ) of ḥikāya story, tale, narrative ( < ḥakā to tell, relate) + -ī , suffix forming agent nouns (see -i suffix²).

Now chiefly historical.

In some Arabic-speaking regions of the Middle East: a person who recites traditional stories as a profession, esp. in cafes and other public places.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > [noun] > narrator or story-teller > professional

jangler1303

fabulist1607

hanashika1891

hakawati1910

1910 H. H. Jessup Fifty-three Years in Syria I. vii. 119 The coffee-house is an orderly, quiet place, only broken in upon by the voice of the professional hakawati.

1967 Jerusalem Post 30 Nov. 7/4 Listeners to Dar el Iza'ah el Israelia, Israel's Arabic radio programmes,..will be able to enjoy a nightly session with a real Hakawati.

2013 Daily Star (Lebanon) (Nexis) 19 July Khoury's calm elocution made him look every inch the embodiment of a hakawati.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hakawati
释义	hakawatin. Brit. /hakəˈwɑːti/, U.S. /ˌhɑkəˈwɑdi/ Inflections: hakawatis, unchanged. Forms: 1900s– hakawati, 2000s– hakawaty. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Arabic. Etymon: Arabic ḥakawātī. Etymology: < Levantine Arabic ḥakawātī popular storyteller, irregularly < a spoken Arabic plural form (compare the standard plural form ḥikāyāt ) of ḥikāya story, tale, narrative ( < ḥakā to tell, relate) + -ī , suffix forming agent nouns (see -i suffix²). Now chiefly historical. In some Arabic-speaking regions of the Middle East: a person who recites traditional stories as a profession, esp. in cafes and other public places. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > [noun] > narrator or story-teller > professional jangler1303 fabulist1607 hanashika1891 hakawati1910 1910 H. H. Jessup Fifty-three Years in Syria I. vii. 119 The coffee-house is an orderly, quiet place, only broken in upon by the voice of the professional hakawati. 1967 Jerusalem Post 30 Nov. 7/4 Listeners to Dar el Iza'ah el Israelia, Israel's Arabic radio programmes,..will be able to enjoy a nightly session with a real Hakawati. 2013 Daily Star (Lebanon) (Nexis) 19 July Khoury's calm elocution made him look every inch the embodiment of a hakawati. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1910
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