Макка

Tajik

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Persian مَکَّه (makka), from Arabic مَكَّة (makka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mäkkä/, [mäkkʰä]

Proper noun

Макка • (Makka) (Persian spelling مکه)

1. Mecca (a province of Saudi Arabia)
2. Mecca (a large city, the provincial capital of Mecca Province in the in the Hejaz region, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam, location of the sacred Ka'ba, and to which Muslims are required to make a hajj at least once in their lifetime, if possible)