سِكَّةٌ track in Arabic
سِكَّةٌ is how you say “track” in Arabic.
Root س ك ك s-k-k. noun (substantive). sikkah.
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Meaning of track in Arabic
- ploughshare the iron blade fitted to a plough, i.e. the iron implement used to till the ground
- track, road, way
Example sentence
حين تستقرّ العادةُ، تصير كالعجلة على سكّة؛ أقلُّ احتكاك، أسرعُ وصول
When the habit becomes settled, it is like a wheel on a track; less friction, faster arrival.
سِكَّةٍ a track
'a track / rail,' indefinite, in the -i form after 'on.' The wheel runs on RAILS — guided, frictionless. So a settled habit: it carries you along its groove with ease, as the two short phrases next sum up.
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How it is used
Lane's records سِكَّة primarily as the iron blade of a plough (the ploughshare), and it is cited in a hadith about the ploughshare entering a household. The word is also used more broadly for a track, road, or way, as reflected in the common gloss "track."
Words from the same root
- سَكَّ to close up, stop up, or make firm; to make fast (a door); to clamp something with iron
- اِسْتَكَّ to become stopped up or blocked; said of ears, to become deaf; said of herbage, to grow thick and dense
- سَكٌّ a nail, pin, or peg of iron
- سُكٌّ a compound perfume made from musk and rāmak
- مَسْكُوكٌ made fast, bolted (said of a door)
Common questions
- How do you say "track" in Arabic?
- سِكَّة (sikkah).
- What does سِكَّة mean in Lane's Lexicon?
- Its core sense is "ploughshare" — the iron blade of a plough — and by extension it is used for a track or road.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).