سقطرى

Arabic

Alternative forms

• سُقُطْرَة (suquṭra), أَسْقُطْرَة (ʔasquṭra), أَسْقُطْرَى (ʔasquṭrā)

Etymology

In respect of the age of the name, the derivation is not set in stone, but one thinks of سُوق (sūq, “market”) +‎ قَطْرَة (qaṭra, “drop”), respectively a corresponding Old South Arabian or Modern South Arabian combination, due to the trading port basing its economy around the plantation of aloe, dragon blood trees, frankincense and such resins.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.qutˤ.raː/

Proper noun

سُقُطْرَى • (suquṭrā) f

1. Socotra (an island in Yemen).

Declension

Declension of noun سُقُطْرَى (suquṭrā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	سُقُطْرَى suquṭrā	—
Nominative	—	سُقُطْرَى suquṭrā	—
Accusative	—	سُقُطْرَى suquṭrā	—
Genitive	—	سُقُطْرَى suquṭrā	—

Further reading

• Elie, Serge D. (2020) A Post-Exotic Anthropology of Soqotra, Volume II: Cultural and Environmental Annexation of an Indigenous Community, Cham: Springer Nature, →ISBN, pages 38–39