بكان
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Sudanese Arabic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic مَكَان (makān). For the M -> B change, compare سناب (sanāb, “hump”) from Arabic سَنَام (sanām), صنب (ṣanab, “idol”) from Arabic صَنَم (ṣanam)[1] and بعشوم (baʿšōm, “jackal, fox”) from Beja b'ashoob. Cognate with Chadian Arabic بكان (bakān).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]بكان • (bakān) m (plural بكانات (bakānāt)).
- place, location
- 1978, Kitaab al Vahd aj Jadid[2], Bible Alliance Mission, Ru'ya [Revelation] 16:16:
- Wa lammoohum le_l bakaan al ismu be_l Vibraaniyya, Harmajadduun.
- And they brought them to the place that is called in Hebrew Armageddon.
Descendants
[edit]- Nubi: bakan
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “بكان” in The Living Arabic Project
- Hillelson, Sigmar (1925) Sudan Arabic: English–Arabic Vocabulary[3], London, United Kingdom: Sudan Government