بكان

Chadian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَكَان (makān) with an irregular change of m > b. Cognate with Sudanese Arabic بكان (bakān).

Noun

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

1. place, ___location

References

• Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021), Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎^[2] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 25
• Pommerol, Patrice Jullien de (1999), Dictionnaire Arabe Tchadien-Français (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN, page 235

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^[3], 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^[1], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page xvii

Further reading

• “بكان” in The Living Arabic Project
• Hillelson, Sigmar (1925), Sudan Arabic: English–Arabic Vocabulary‎^[4], London, United Kingdom: Sudan Government