मक्का
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /mək.kɑː/, [mɐk̚.käː]
Etymology 1
Inherited from Prakrit *𑀫𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀕 (*makkaga) without cluster simplification, from Sanskrit मर्कक (markaka, “Ardea argala”). Cognate with Punjabi ਮੱਕੀ (makkī).
Noun
मक्का • (makkā) m (Urdu spelling مکا)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मक्का makkā |
मक्के makke |
| oblique | मक्के makke |
मक्कों makkõ |
| vocative | मक्के makke |
मक्को makko |
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian مَکَّه (makka), from Arabic مَكَّة (makka).
Proper noun
मक्का • (makkā) m (Urdu spelling مکہ)
- Mecca (a large city, the provincial capital of Mecca Province in the in the Hejaz region, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam, location of the sacred Ka'ba, and to which Muslims are required to make a hajj at least once in their lifetime, if possible)
- Mecca (a province of Saudi Arabia)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| direct | मक्का makkā |
| oblique | मक्का makkā |
| vocative | मक्का makkā |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मक्का”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Colin P. Masica (1979), “Aryan and non-Aryan elements in North Indian agriculture”, in M. Deshpande and P. E. Hook, editors, Aryan and Non-Aryan in India[1], Ann Arbor: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, pages 55–151