سقطرى
Arabic
Alternative forms
- سُقُطْرَة (suquṭra), أَسْقُطْرَة (ʾasquṭra), أَسْقُطْرَى (ʾasquṭrā)
Etymology
In respect of the age of the name, the derivation is not set in stone, but one thinks of سُوق (sūq, “market”) + قَطْرَة (qaṭra, “drop”), respectively a corresponding Old South Arabian or Modern South Arabian combination, due to the trading port basing its economy around the plantation of aloe, dragon blood trees, frankincense and such resins.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su.qutˤ.raː/
Proper noun
سُقُطْرَى • (suquṭrā) f
- Socotra (an island in Yemen).
Declension
Declension of noun سُقُطْرَى (suquṭrā)
| Singular | singular invariable | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | سُقُطْرَى suquṭrā | — |
| Nominative | — | سُقُطْرَى suquṭrā | — |
| Accusative | — | سُقُطْرَى suquṭrā | — |
| Genitive | — | سُقُطْرَى suquṭrā | — |
Further reading
- Elie, Serge D. (2020) A Post-Exotic Anthropology of Soqotra, Volume II: Cultural and Environmental Annexation of an Indigenous Community, Cham: Springer Nature, →ISBN, pages 38–39