سقطرى

Arabic

Alternative forms
  • سُقُطْرَة (suquṭra), أَسْقُطْرَة (ʔasquṭra), أَسْقُطْرَى (ʔasquṭrā)

Etymology

In respect of the age of the name, the derivation is not set in stone, but one thinks of سُوق (sūq, “market”) +‎ قَطْرَة (qaṭra, “drop”), respectively a corresponding Old South Arabian or Modern South Arabian combination, due to the trading port basing its economy around the plantation of aloe, dragon blood trees, frankincense and such resins.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /su.qutˤ.raː/

Proper noun

سُقُطْرَى • (suquṭrā) f

  1. Socotra (an island in Yemen).

Declension
Declension of noun سُقُطْرَى (suquṭrā)
Singular singular invariable
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — سُقُطْرَى
suquṭrā		 —
Nominative — سُقُطْرَى
suquṭrā		 —
Accusative — سُقُطْرَى
suquṭrā		 —
Genitive — سُقُطْرَى
suquṭrā		 —

Further reading
  • Elie, Serge D. (2020) A Post-Exotic Anthropology of Soqotra, Volume II: Cultural and Environmental Annexation of an Indigenous Community, Cham: Springer Nature, →ISBN, pages 38–39
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