hekaya

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hekaya

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Borrowed from Arabic حِكَايَة (ḥikāya).

noun hekaya

class ix tale, fable, legend

In English

legend story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events

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@misc{hekaya_2026,
  title = {hekaya},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/hekaya},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}