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).

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak.ka/

Proper noun

مَكَّة • (makka) f

1. Mecca

   مَكَّةُ الْمُكَرَّمَة ― makkatu l-mukarrama ― Mecca

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 48:24:

     وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي كَفَّ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ عَنْهُم بِبَطْنِ مَكَّةَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ أَنْ أَظْفَرَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرًا

     wahuwa llaḏī kaffa ʾaydiyahum ʿankum waʾaydiyakum ʿanhum bibaṭni makkata mim baʿdi ʾan ʾaẓfarakum ʿalayhim wakāna l-lāhu bimā taʿmalūna 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

• Azerbaijani: Məkkə
• Bashkir: Мәккә (Məkkə)
• Persian: مکه (makke)
• Turkish: Mekke

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “مكة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN