مكة
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Arabic
Etymology
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
Proper noun
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 Makkah after He caused you to overcome them. And ever is Allah of what you do, Seeing.
Declension
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
- أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ أَدْرَى بِشِعَابِهَا (ʔahlu makkata ʔadrā bišiʕābihā)
Descendants
- → 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
- ^ 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
مكة on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
