بكان

Sudanese Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَكَان (makān). For the M -> B change, compare سناب (sanāb, “hump”) from Arabic سَنَام (sanām), صنب (ṣanab, “idol”) from Arabic صَنَم (ṣanam) and بعشوم (baʿšōm, “jackal, fox”) from Beja b'ashoob. Cognate with Chadian Arabic بكان (bakān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bakaːn/

Noun

بكان • (bakān) m (plural بكانات (bakānāt)).

1. place, location
   • 1978, Kitaab al Vahd aj Jadid‎^[2], Bible Alliance Mission, Ru'ya [Revelation] 16:16:

     Wa lammoohum le_l bakaan al ismu be_l Vibraaniyya, Harmajadduun.

     And they brought them to the place that is called in Hebrew Armageddon.

Descendants

• Nubi: bakan

Further reading

• “بكان” in The Living Arabic Project
• Hillelson, Sigmar (1925) Sudan Arabic: English–Arabic Vocabulary‎^[3], London, United Kingdom: Sudan Government