سواكن

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.waː.kin/

Etymology 1

Adjective

سَوَاكِن • (sawākin) f pl

  1. feminine plural of سَاكِن (sākin)

Etymology 2

From an uncertain Beja form, ultimately containing Arabic سُوق (sūq, “market”) for the port city being noted by the Beja pastoralists as a place to sling their crops, by default called Oosook (literally “the market”).

Proper noun

سَوَاكِن • (sawākin) f

  1. Suakin (a port city in Sudan)
Declension
Declension of noun سَوَاكِن (sawākin)
singular basic singular diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal — سَوَاكِن
sawākin 		—
nominative — سَوَاكِنُ
sawākinu 		—
accusative — سَوَاكِنَ
sawākina 		—
genitive — سَوَاكِنَ
sawākina 		—

References

  • Morin, Didier (2012) “Arabic and Cushitic Toponymy: One Coast with Two Maps”, in Northeast African Studies‎[1], volume 12, number 1, Michigan State University Press, →DOI, pages 219, 225, 228
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