سقطرى
Arabic edit
Alternative forms edit
- سُقُطْرَة (suquṭra), أَسْقُطْرَة (ʔasquṭra), أَسْقُطْرَى (ʔasquṭrā)
Etymology edit
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 edit
Proper noun edit
سُقُطْرَى • (suquṭrā) f
Declension edit
Declension of noun سُقُطْرَى (suquṭrā)
| Singular | singular invariable | ||
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| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | سُقُطْرَى suquṭrā |
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| Nominative | — | سُقُطْرَى suquṭrā |
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| Accusative | — | سُقُطْرَى suquṭrā |
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| Genitive | — | سُقُطْرَى suquṭrā |
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Further reading edit
- 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