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”). Doublet of shuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːk/ (Arabic IPA^(key): /suːq/)

• Audio (US):

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• 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
• Ottoman Turkish: سوق (suk)
• 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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• souk, suque

Noun

souq m (plural souqs)

1. souq (a street market in Arab countries)

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”)