મક્કા
Gujarati
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مَکَّه (makka), from Arabic مَكَّة (makka).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈmək.kɑ/
- Rhymes: -ɑ
- Hyphenation: મક્‧કા
Proper noun
મક્કા • (makkā) n
- 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)
Further reading
- ભગવતસિંહ [bhagvatsĩh] (1944) “મક્કા”, in ભગવદ્ગોમંડલ [bhagvadgomaṇḍal], India, page 6857.
- “મક્કા”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.