Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hakawati

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hakawati
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A public storyteller, in Arab culture.

Example Sentences

"I grinned like a child at a hakawati."

Etymology

From Arabic حَكَوَاتِيّ (ḥakawātiyy).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: حَكَوَاتِيّ, ح ك ي

Inflected Forms

hakawatis (plural)

Questions

What does hakawati mean?: A public storyteller, in Arab culture.
Where does hakawati come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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