سكة

See also: سکھ and سکه

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root س ك ك (s-k-k).

Noun

سِكَّة (sikka) f (plural سِكَك (sikak))

  1. plowshare
  2. mattock, hoe
  3. die for coining
  4. coin
    دَار السِّكَّةdār as-sikkamint (for minting money)
  5. right of coining
Declension

References

Etymology 2

From Ge'ez ሰኰት (säkʷät), ሰኮት (säkot).

Noun

سِكَّة (sikka) f (plural سِكَك (sikak))

  1. large street, high road
    سِكَّة حَدِيدsikkat ḥadīdrailroad
Declension

References

  • Leslau, Wolf (1991), “sakʷat, sakot (pl. ʾaskʷāt) ሰኰት ፡ ሰኮት”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 497
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft, Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 52
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