سقطرى

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Proper noun

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سُقُطْرَى (suquṭrāf

  1. Socotra (an island in Yemen).

Declension

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Further reading

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  • 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