سواكن

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.waː.kin/

Etymology 1

Adjective

سَوَاكِن • (sawākin) f pl

1. feminine plural of سَاكِن (sākin)

Etymology 2

From an uncertain Beja form, ultimately containing Arabic سُوق (sūq, “market”) for the port city being noted by the Beja pastolists as a place to sling their crops, by default called Oosook (literally “the market”).

Proper noun

سَوَاكِن • (sawākin) f

1. Suakin (a port city in Sudan)

Declension

Declension of noun سَوَاكِن (sawākin)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	سَوَاكِن sawākin	—
Nominative	—	سَوَاكِنُ sawākinu	—
Accusative	—	سَوَاكِنَ sawākina	—
Genitive	—	سَوَاكِنَ sawākina	—

References

• Morin, Didier (2012) “Arabic and Cushitic Toponymy: One Coast with Two Maps”, in Northeast African Studies‎^[1], volume 12, number 1, Michigan State University Press, →DOI, pages 219, 225, 228