مکه

See also: مکہ, مكة, and مکھ

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَكَّة (makka).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mak.ka]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäk.kʰä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäk.kʰä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäk.kʰä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäk.kʰä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mækʲ.kʰʲe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäk.kʰä]

Readings
Classical reading?	makka
Dari reading?	makka
Iranian reading?	makke
Tajik reading?	makka

Proper noun

Dari	مکه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Макка

مکه • (makke)

1. Mecca (a province of Saudi Arabia)
2. Mecca (a large city, the provincial capital of Mecca Province in the in the Hejaz region, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam, location of the sacred Ka'ba, and to which Muslims are required to make a hajj at least once in their lifetime, if possible)

Related terms

• مکی (makki)