مکہ

See also: مکه, مكة, and مکھ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَکَّه (makka), from Arabic مَكَّة (makka). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi مکہ (mkh /⁠makka⁠/).[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

مَکَّہ • (makkahm (Hindi spelling मक्का)

  1. Mecca (a large city, the provincial capital of Mecca Province in the in the Hejaz region, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam, location of the sacred Ka'ba, and to which Muslims are required to make a hajj at least once in their lifetime, if possible)

References

  1. ^ مکہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

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