مكة
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Of uncertain etymology. Variously explained as
- From a similar name بَكَّة (bakka) appearing in the Quran
- Possibly from Ge'ez ምኵራብ (məkʷrab, “sanctuary, temple”), doublet of مِحْرَاب (miḥrāb); compare Greek Μακοράβα (Makoráva).[1]
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Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
مَكَّة • (makka) f
- Mecca (a large city in Saudi Arabia)
- مَكَّة الْمُكَرَّمَة ― makkat al-mukarrama ― Mecca
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 48:24:
- وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي كَفَّ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنْكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ بِبَطْنِ مَكَّةَ مِنْ بَعْدِ أَنْ أَظْفَرَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرًا
- wahuwa llaḏī kaffa ʔaydiyahum ʕankum waʔaydiyakum ʕanhum bibaṭni makkata min baʕdi ʔan ʔaẓfarakum ʕalayhim wakāna l-lahu bimā taʕmalūna baṣīran
- And it is He who withheld their hands from you and your hands from them within [the area of] Makkah after He caused you to overcome them. And ever is Allah of what you do, Seeing.
Declension edit
Declension of noun مَكَّة (makka)
| Singular | singular diptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | مَكَّة makka |
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| Nominative | — | مَكَّةُ makkatu |
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| Accusative | — | مَكَّةَ makkata |
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| Genitive | — | مَكَّةَ makkata |
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Derived terms edit
- أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ أَدْرَى بِشِعَابِهَا (ʔahlu makkata ʔadrā bišiʕābihā)
Descendants edit
- → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܟܵܐ (Makkā)
- → Azerbaijani: Məkkə
- → Bashkir: Мәккә (Məkkə)
- → Bengali: মক্কা (Mokka)
- → English: Mecca
- → Malay: Mekah
- Ottoman Turkish: مكه (Mekke)
- Turkish: Mekke
- → Persian: مکه (Makke)
- → Swahili: Makka
References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Mecca”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “مكة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Further reading edit
مكة on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
