بكان

Chadian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَكَان (makān) with an irregular change of m > b. Cognate with Sudanese Arabic بكان (bakān).

Noun

بكان • (bakān) m (plural بكانات (bakānāt)).

  1. place, location

References

  • Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎[2] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 25
  • Pommerol, Patrice Jullien de (1999) Dictionnaire Arabe Tchadien-Français (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN, page 235

Sudanese Arabic

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /bakaːn/

Noun

بكان • (bakān) m (plural بكانات (bakānāt)).

  1. place, location
    • 1978, Kitaab al Vahd aj Jadid‎[3], 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

  • Nubi: bakan

References

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

Further reading

  • “بكان” in The Living Arabic Project
  • Hillelson, Sigmar (1925) Sudan Arabic: English–Arabic Vocabulary‎[4], London, United Kingdom: Sudan Government
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