بكة
Arabic
Etymology
According to Ibn Manzor the name derives from the root بكَّ (“to be crowded, to throng, to pester”). Popular etymology has it that it comes instead from the vb. بَكَى (bakā, “to cry”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bak.ka/
Proper noun
بَكَّة • (bakka) f
- Bakkah is a toponym mentioned in the Quran (3:96) as the "first home to mankind" and thought traditionally to refer to today's city of Mecca
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:96:
- إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِي بِبَكَّةَ مُبَارَكًا وَهُدًى لِلْعَالَمِينَ
- ʾinna ʾawwala baytin wuḍiʿa li-n-nāsi la-llaḏī bi-bakkata mubārakan wa-hudan li-l-ʿālamīna
- The first House [of worship] established for mankind was that at Bakkah - blessed and a guidance for the worlds.
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Declension
Declension of noun بَكَّة (bakka)
| Singular | singular diptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | بَكَّة bakka | — |
| Nominative | — | بَكَّةُ bakkatu | — |
| Accusative | — | بَكَّةَ bakkata | — |
| Genitive | — | بَكَّةَ bakkata | — |
References
- Asaas al-Balaaghah by al-Zamakhshari (d. 1143 CE)
- Al-Muhkam wal Muheet al-Aadham by Ibn Seedah al-Mursi (d. 1066 CE)