شکایت

See also: سكایت‎

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شِكَايَة‎ (šikāya).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃi.kɑː.ˈjat]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ.kʰɑː.jǽt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ.kʰɑː.jǽt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃi.kʰɔː.jǽt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃe.kʰɒː.jǽt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃi.kʰɔ.jǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	šikāyat
Dari reading^?	šikāyat
Iranian reading^?	šekâyat
Tajik reading^?	šikoyat

Noun

شکایت • (šekâyat)

complaint

Derived terms

شکایت کردن‎ (šekâyat kardan)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (šikāyat), from Arabic شِكَايَة‎ (šikāya).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃɪ.kɑː.jət̪/
(Overseas) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ.kɑː.jɪt̪]
Audio (PK) (file)
Rhymes: -ət̪
Hyphenation: شِ‧کا‧یَت

Noun

شِکایَت • (śikāyat) f (formal plural شکایات‎, Hindi spelling शिकायत)

a complaint, objection, criticism
‏شِکایَت کَرْنا‎ ― śikāyat karnā ― to complain, to tattle
(by extension) illness; symptom

Declension

Declension of شکایت‎
	singular	plural
direct	شِکایَت‎ (śikāyat)	شِکایَتیں‎ (śikāyatẽ)
oblique	شِکایَت‎ (śikāyat)	شِکایَتوں‎ (śikāyatõ)
vocative	شِکایَت‎ (śikāyat)	شِکایَتو‎ (śikāyato)

Further reading

“شکایت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“شکایت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “شکایت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.

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