مكة

See also: مکہ‎, مکھ‎, and مکه‎

Arabic

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		 —

Descendants

References
  • 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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