بكان

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Sudanese Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. place, location
    • 1978, Kitaab al Vahd aj Jadid‎[2], 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[edit]

  • Nubi: bakan

References[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

  • “بكان” in The Living Arabic Project
  • Sigmar Hillelson (1925) Sudan Arabic: English–Arabic Vocabulary‎[3], London, United Kingdom: Sudan Government
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