سكة

See also: سکھ and سکه

Arabic

Root
س ك ك (s-k-k)

Etymology 1

Likely borrowed at least partial semantics from Aramaic סִכְּתָא / ܣܶܟܬܳܐ (sekkǝṯā, “peg, nail, spike; ploughshare; coin stamp”), from Akkadian 𒄑𒆕 (sikkatum, “peg, nail, a lock or pin broach, cone, wedge, pyramid, pinnacle, plowshare”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sik.ka/
• (Al-Andalus) IPA^(key): [sækːæ]

Noun

سِكَّة • (sikka) f (plural سِكَك (sikak))

1. plowshare
2. mattock, hoe
3. die for coining, coin die, coin stamp
4. coin

   دَار السِّكَّة ― dār as-sikka ― mint (for minting money)

5. right of coining

Declension

Declension of noun سِكَّة (sikka)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِكَّة sikka	السِّكَّة as-sikka	سِكَّة sikkat
Nominative	سِكَّةٌ sikkatun	السِّكَّةُ as-sikkatu	سِكَّةُ sikkatu
Accusative	سِكَّةً sikkatan	السِّكَّةَ as-sikkata	سِكَّةَ sikkata
Genitive	سِكَّةٍ sikkatin	السِّكَّةِ as-sikkati	سِكَّةِ sikkati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِكَّتَيْن sikkatayn	السِّكَّتَيْن as-sikkatayn	سِكَّتَيْ sikkatay
Nominative	سِكَّتَانِ sikkatāni	السِّكَّتَانِ as-sikkatāni	سِكَّتَا sikkatā
Accusative	سِكَّتَيْنِ sikkatayni	السِّكَّتَيْنِ as-sikkatayni	سِكَّتَيْ sikkatay
Genitive	سِكَّتَيْنِ sikkatayni	السِّكَّتَيْنِ as-sikkatayni	سِكَّتَيْ sikkatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِكَك sikak	السِّكَك as-sikak	سِكَك sikak
Nominative	سِكَكٌ sikakun	السِّكَكُ as-sikaku	سِكَكُ sikaku
Accusative	سِكَكًا sikakan	السِّكَكَ as-sikaka	سِكَكَ sikaka
Genitive	سِكَكٍ sikakin	السِّكَكِ as-sikaki	سِكَكِ sikaki

Descendants

• Siculo-Arabic: *sikka
  • Maltese: sikka (“ploughshare”)
  • Sicilian: zicca
• → Catalan: seca
• → Galician: ceca
• → Georgian: სიქა (sika)
• → Italian: zecca (“mint”)
  • ⇒ Italian: zecchino
  • → English: zecchin
  • → French: sequin
    • → English: sequin
• → Karaim: сиккэ (sikke)
• → Northern Kurdish: sike
• → Ottoman Turkish: سكه (sikke)
  • > Turkish: sikke (inherited)
• → Persian: سکه (sekke)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: सिक्का (sikkā)

    Urdu: سکہ (sikkā)

    • → English: sicca
    • → Portuguese: sica
• → Portuguese: ceca
• → Spanish: ceca

Etymology 2

From Ge'ez ሰኰት (säkʷät), ሰኮት (säkot).

Noun

سِكَّة • (sikka) f (plural سِكَك (sikak))

1. large street, high road

   سِكَّة حَدِيد ― sikkat ḥadīd ― railroad

   • a. 868, عبد الله بن أحمد بن حرب المهزمي العبدي, أخبار أبي نواس, page 36:

     مَرَّ أَبُو نَوَّاسٍ فِي بَعْضِ سِكَكِ ٱلْبَصْرَة

     marra ʔabū nawwāsin fī baʕḍi sikaki l-baṣra

     Abū Nuwās passed by some streets of al-Baṣra

Declension

Declension of noun سِكَّة (sikka)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِكَّة sikka	السِّكَّة as-sikka	سِكَّة sikkat
Nominative	سِكَّةٌ sikkatun	السِّكَّةُ as-sikkatu	سِكَّةُ sikkatu
Accusative	سِكَّةً sikkatan	السِّكَّةَ as-sikkata	سِكَّةَ sikkata
Genitive	سِكَّةٍ sikkatin	السِّكَّةِ as-sikkati	سِكَّةِ sikkati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِكَّتَيْن sikkatayn	السِّكَّتَيْن as-sikkatayn	سِكَّتَيْ sikkatay
Nominative	سِكَّتَانِ sikkatāni	السِّكَّتَانِ as-sikkatāni	سِكَّتَا sikkatā
Accusative	سِكَّتَيْنِ sikkatayni	السِّكَّتَيْنِ as-sikkatayni	سِكَّتَيْ sikkatay
Genitive	سِكَّتَيْنِ sikkatayni	السِّكَّتَيْنِ as-sikkatayni	سِكَّتَيْ sikkatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِكَك sikak	السِّكَك as-sikak	سِكَك sikak
Nominative	سِكَكٌ sikakun	السِّكَكُ as-sikaku	سِكَكُ sikaku
Accusative	سِكَكًا sikakan	السِّكَكَ as-sikaka	سِكَكَ sikaka
Genitive	سِكَكٍ sikakin	السِّكَكِ as-sikaki	سِكَكِ sikaki

References

• “سكة” in Almaany
• “skh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 194
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “سكة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 332
• Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎^[2], Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 91
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “سكة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1387
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) “sakʷat, sakot (pl. ʾaskʷāt) ሰኰት ፡ ሰኮት”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 497
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[4] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 52
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “سكة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[5], London: W.H. Allen, page 499
• Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 35