שוקא
Aramaic
Alternative forms
- Syriac: ܫܘܩܐ
Etymology
From Akkadian 𒋻 (sūqum, “street”), from Akkadian 𒅆𒀀𒄣 (siāqum, “to become narrow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃuqɑʔ/
Noun
שוקא • (transliteration needed) m (plural שוקא)
- street
- square, plaza, forum
- market, bazaar
- open space
- quarter, district, borough
References
- “šwq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press