بكان

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, 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, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page xvii

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