بكان

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Sudanese Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic مَكَان (makān). For the M -> B change, compare سناب (sanāb, hump) from Arabic سَنَام (sanām), صنب (ṣanab, idol) from Arabic صَنَم (ṣanam)[1] and بعشوم (baʿšōm, jackal, fox) from Beja b'ashoob. Cognate with Chadian Arabic بكان (bakān).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بكان (bakānm (plural بكانات (bakānāt)).

  1. place, location
    • 1978, Kitaab al Vahd aj Jadid[2], Bible Alliance Mission, Ru'ya [Revelation] 16:16:
      Wa lammoohum le_l bakaan al ismu be_l Vibraaniyya, Harmajadduun.
      And they brought them to the place that is called in Hebrew Armageddon.

Descendants

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  • Nubi: bakan

References

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  1. ^ S. Hillelson (2011) Sudan Arabic Texts[1], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page xvii

Further reading

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  • بكان” in The Living Arabic Project
  • Hillelson, Sigmar (1925) Sudan Arabic: English–Arabic Vocabulary[3], London, United Kingdom: Sudan Government