See مكة in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"args": {
"1": "aii",
"2": "ܡܲܟܵܐ",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "Makkā"
},
"expansion": "→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܟܵܐ (Makkā)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܟܵܐ (Makkā)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
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"1": "az",
"2": "Məkkə",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: Məkkə",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Azerbaijani: Məkkə"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "ba",
"2": "Мәккә",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bashkir: Мәккә (Məkkə)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bashkir: Мәккә (Məkkə)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "মক্কা",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "Mokka"
},
"expansion": "→ Bengali: মক্কা (Mokka)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bengali: মক্কা (Mokka)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Mecca",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: Mecca",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: Mecca"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "Mekah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malay: Mekah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malay: Mekah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ota",
"2": "مكه",
"tr": "Mekke"
},
"expansion": "Ottoman Turkish: مكه (Mekke)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ottoman Turkish: مكه (Mekke)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "Mekke"
},
"expansion": "Turkish: Mekke",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Turkish: Mekke"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "مکه",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "Makke"
},
"expansion": "→ Persian: مکه (Makke)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Persian: مکه (Makke)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "Makka",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swahili: Makka",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swahili: Makka"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "gez",
"3": "ምኵራብ",
"t": "sanctuary, temple"
},
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"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "مِحْرَاب",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "doublet of مِحْرَاب (miḥrāb)",
"name": "doublet"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "el",
"2": "Μακοράβα"
},
"expansion": "Greek Μακοράβα (Makoráva)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Of uncertain etymology. Variously explained as\n* From a similar name بَكَّة (bakka) appearing in the Quran\n* Possibly from Ge'ez ምኵራብ (məkʷrab, “sanctuary, temple”), doublet of مِحْرَاب (miḥrāb); compare Greek Μακοράβα (Makoráva).",
"forms": [
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"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "makka",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ar-decl-noun",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ar-infl-a",
"diptote",
"indefinite",
"informal",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "مَكَّة",
"roman": "makka",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ar-infl-a",
"definite",
"diptote",
"informal",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ar-infl-a",
"construct",
"diptote",
"informal",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ar-infl-a",
"diptote",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "مَكَّةُ",
"roman": "makkatu",
"source": "declension",
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"ar-infl-a",
"definite",
"diptote",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ar-infl-a",
"construct",
"diptote",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"ar-infl-a",
"diptote",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "مَكَّةَ",
"roman": "makkata",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"ar-infl-a",
"definite",
"diptote",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"ar-infl-a",
"construct",
"diptote",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
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"ar-infl-a",
"diptote",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"ar-infl-a",
"definite",
"diptote",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
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{
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"ar-infl-a",
"construct",
"diptote",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
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"args": {
"1": "مَكَّة",
"2": "f"
},
"expansion": "مَكَّة • (makka) f",
"name": "ar-proper noun"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "مَكَّةُ",
"state": "ind-def"
},
"name": "ar-decl-noun"
}
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"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"pos": "name",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"name": "Arabic nouns with diptote singular in -a",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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{
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"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "place",
"langcode": "ar",
"name": "Cities in Saudi Arabia",
"orig": "ar:Cities in Saudi Arabia",
"parents": [
"Cities",
"Places"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "ar",
"name": "Mecca",
"orig": "ar:Mecca",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "place",
"langcode": "ar",
"name": "Places in Saudi Arabia",
"orig": "ar:Places in Saudi Arabia",
"parents": [
"Places"
],
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}
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"derived": [
{
"roman": "ʔahlu makkata ʔadrā bišiʕābihā",
"word": "أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ أَدْرَى بِشِعَابِهَا"
}
],
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"bold_roman_offsets": [
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0,
6
]
],
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[
0,
6
]
],
"english": "Mecca",
"roman": "makkat al-mukarrama",
"text": "مَكَّة الْمُكَرَّمَة",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
93,
99
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
76,
83
]
],
"english": "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.",
"ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 48:24:",
"roman": "wa-huwa llaḏī kaffa ʔaydiyahum ʕankum wa-ʔaydiyakum ʕanhum bi-baṭni makkata min baʕdi ʔan ʔaẓfarakum ʕalayhim wa-kāna llāhu bi-mā taʕmalūna baṣīran",
"text": "وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي كَفَّ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنْكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ بِبَطْنِ مَكَّةَ مِنْ بَعْدِ أَنْ أَظْفَرَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكَانَ ٱللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرًا",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Mecca (a large city in Saudi Arabia)"
],
"id": "en-مكة-ar-name-M1J8~f-0",
"links": [
[
"Mecca",
"Mecca#English"
],
[
"city",
"city"
],
[
"Saudi Arabia",
"Saudi Arabia#English"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mak.ka/"
}
],
"word": "مكة"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"roman": "ʔahlu makkata ʔadrā bišiʕābihā",
"word": "أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ أَدْرَى بِشِعَابِهَا"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "aii",
"2": "ܡܲܟܵܐ",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "Makkā"
},
"expansion": "→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܟܵܐ (Makkā)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܟܵܐ (Makkā)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "az",
"2": "Məkkə",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: Məkkə",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Azerbaijani: Məkkə"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ba",
"2": "Мәккә",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bashkir: Мәккә (Məkkə)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bashkir: Мәккә (Məkkə)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "মক্কা",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "Mokka"
},
"expansion": "→ Bengali: মক্কা (Mokka)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bengali: মক্কা (Mokka)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Mecca",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: Mecca",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: Mecca"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "Mekah",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malay: Mekah",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malay: Mekah"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ota",
"2": "مكه",
"tr": "Mekke"
},
"expansion": "Ottoman Turkish: مكه (Mekke)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ottoman Turkish: مكه (Mekke)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "Mekke"
},
"expansion": "Turkish: Mekke",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Turkish: Mekke"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "مکه",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "Makke"
},
"expansion": "→ Persian: مکه (Makke)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Persian: مکه (Makke)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sw",
"2": "Makka",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swahili: Makka",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swahili: Makka"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "gez",
"3": "ምኵራብ",
"t": "sanctuary, temple"
},
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"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "مِحْرَاب",
"nocap": "1"
},
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{
"args": {
"1": "el",
"2": "Μακοράβα"
},
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"name": "cog"
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],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "مَكَّة",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "makka",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ar-decl-noun",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ar-infl-a",
"diptote",
"indefinite",
"informal",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "مَكَّة",
"roman": "makka",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ar-infl-a",
"definite",
"diptote",
"informal",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ar-infl-a",
"construct",
"diptote",
"informal",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ar-infl-a",
"diptote",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "مَكَّةُ",
"roman": "makkatu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ar-infl-a",
"definite",
"diptote",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ar-infl-a",
"construct",
"diptote",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"ar-infl-a",
"diptote",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "مَكَّةَ",
"roman": "makkata",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"ar-infl-a",
"definite",
"diptote",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"ar-infl-a",
"construct",
"diptote",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ar-infl-a",
"diptote",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "مَكَّةَ",
"roman": "makkata",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ar-infl-a",
"definite",
"diptote",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ar-infl-a",
"construct",
"diptote",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "مَكَّة",
"2": "f"
},
"expansion": "مَكَّة • (makka) f",
"name": "ar-proper noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "مَكَّةُ",
"state": "ind-def"
},
"name": "ar-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Arabic 2-syllable words",
"Arabic definite nouns",
"Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
"Arabic feminine nouns",
"Arabic lemmas",
"Arabic nouns with diptote singular in -a",
"Arabic proper nouns",
"Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Arabic terms with quotations",
"Arabic terms with usage examples",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"ar:Cities in Saudi Arabia",
"ar:Mecca",
"ar:Places in Saudi Arabia"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
0,
6
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],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
6
]
],
"english": "Mecca",
"roman": "makkat al-mukarrama",
"text": "مَكَّة الْمُكَرَّمَة",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
93,
99
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
76,
83
]
],
"english": "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.",
"ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 48:24:",
"roman": "wa-huwa llaḏī kaffa ʔaydiyahum ʕankum wa-ʔaydiyakum ʕanhum bi-baṭni makkata min baʕdi ʔan ʔaẓfarakum ʕalayhim wa-kāna llāhu bi-mā taʕmalūna baṣīran",
"text": "وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي كَفَّ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَنْكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ بِبَطْنِ مَكَّةَ مِنْ بَعْدِ أَنْ أَظْفَرَكُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكَانَ ٱللّٰهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرًا",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Mecca (a large city in Saudi Arabia)"
],
"links": [
[
"Mecca",
"Mecca#English"
],
[
"city",
"city"
],
[
"Saudi Arabia",
"Saudi Arabia#English"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mak.ka/"
}
],
"word": "مكة"
}
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