souq

souq

English

José Navarro, The Souk, 1900

Alternative forms

• souk, suq, sooq, sook, suk, sukh

Etymology

From Arabic سُوق‎ (sūq, “market”), from Aramaic שוקא‎ or ܫܘܩܐ‎ (šūqā’, “street, market”), from Akkadian 𒋻 (sūqu, “street”), from 𒊓𒆸 (s(i)āqu, “narrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːk/ (Arabic IPA^(key): /suːq/)
• Rhymes: -uːk

Noun

souq (plural souqs)

1. A street market, particularly in Arabic- and Somali-speaking countries; a place where people buy and sell goods.

   Synonyms: bazaar, market, street market, emporium, mart, forum, agora

Translations

a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries

Afrikaans: soek (af) Amharic: ሱቅ (suḳ) Arabic: سُوق‎ (ar) m or f (sūq) Belarusian: сук m (suk) Bulgarian: сук m (suk) Catalan: soc (ca) m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 露天市場／露天市场 (lùtiān shìchǎng) Esperanto: soŭko Finnish: souk, basaari (fi) French: souk (fr) m Galician: zoco (gl) m German: Souk (de) m, Souq m Greek: σουκ (souk) Hebrew: שׁוּק‎ (he) m (shuk) Japanese: スーク (sūku) Korean: 수크 (sukeu) Maltese: suq (mt) m Pashto: سوق‎ m (suq) Persian: سوق‎ (fa) (suq) Portuguese: souq m, souk m, suque m Russian: сук (ru) m (suk) Spanish: zoco (es) m Tajik: суқ (suq) Ukrainian: сук m (suk)

Further reading

• souq on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• souk, suque

Noun

souq m (plural souqs)

1. souq (a street market in Arab countries)

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Somali

Alternative forms

• sūqqa, sūūq

Etymology

From Arabic سُوق‎ (sūq, “market”), from Aramaic שוקא‎ or ܫܘܩܐ‎ (šūqā’, “street, market”), from Akkadian 𒋻 (sūqu, “street”), from Akkadian 𒊓𒆸 (s(i)āqu, “narrow”).

Noun

souq f

1. market, large market, bazaar.

See also

• dūkkāan (“shop, small marketplace”)