مكة

See also: مکہ‎, مکھ‎, and مکه‎

Arabic

Etymology
  • From an earlier name بَكَّة‎ (bakka)
  • Possibly from Ge'ez ምኵራብ (məkʷrab, “sanctuary, temple”), doublet of مِحْرَاب‎ (miḥrāb); compare Greek Μακοράβα (Makoráva).[1]

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mak.ka/

Proper noun

مَكَّة • (makka) f

  1. 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
Declension of noun مَكَّة (makka)
Singular singular diptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — مَكَّة
makka		 —
Nominative — مَكَّةُ
makkatu		 —
Accusative — مَكَّةَ
makkata		 —
Genitive — مَكَّةَ
makkata		 —

Derived terms
  • أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ أَدْرَى بِشِعَابِهَا‎ (ʔahlu makkata ʔadrā bišiʕābihā)

Descendants
  • → Bengali: মক্কা (mokka)
  • → English: Mecca
  • → Persian: مکه‎ (makke)
  • → Turkish: Mekke
  • → Azerbaijani: Məkkə
  • → Bashkir: Мәккә (Mäkkä)
  • → Malay: Mekah
  • → Swahili: Makka

References
  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “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
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