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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَكَّة (makka).
Proper noun
مكه • (mekke)
- Mecca (a city in Saudi Arabia)
- Synonym: مكۀ مكرمه
Descendants
References
- Mallouf, Nassif (1856) “Mecque”, in Dictionnaire français-turc, 2nd edition, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 454
- Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Mekke-i Mükerreme”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları, 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 540