بكة

According to Ibn Manzor the name derives from the root بكَّ (“to be crowded, to throng, to pester”). Popular etymology has it that it comes instead from the vb. بَكَى (bakā, “to cry”)

• IPA^(key): /bak.ka/

بَكَّة • (bakka) f

1. Bakkah is a toponym mentioned in the Quran (3:96) as the ancient name of the city of Mecca
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:96:

     إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِي بِبَكَّةَ مُبَارَكًا وَهُدًى لِلْعَالَمِينَ

     ʔinna ʔawwala baytin wuḍiʕa li-n-nāsi la-llaḏī bi-bakkata mubārakan wa-hudan li-l-ʕālamīna

     The first temple (literally, "House [of God]") established for mankind was that at Bakkah - blessed and a guidance for the worlds.

• Asaas al-Balaaghah by al-Zamakhshari (d. 1143 CE)
• Al-Muhkam wal Muheet al-Aadham by Ibn Seedah al-Mursi (d. 1066 CE)