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souq

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /suːk/
  • /suːq/
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  • rhymes with -uːk

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: none provided

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: soek — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Amharic: ሱቅ (suḳ) — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Arabic: سُوق (sūq) — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Belarusian: сук (suk) — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Bulgarian: сук (suk) — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Catalan: soc — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Chinese Mandarin: 露天市場 /露天市场 (lùtiān shìchǎng) — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Czech: venkovní tržiště — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Czech: tržiště pod širým nebem — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Dutch: soek — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Esperanto: soŭko — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Finnish: souk — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Finnish: basaari — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • French: souk — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Galician: zoco — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • German: Souk — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • German: Souq — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Greek: σουκ (souk) — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Hebrew: שׁוּק (shuk) — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Hindi: सूक़ (sūq) — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Italian: souk — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Japanese: スーク (sūku) — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Korean: 수크 (sukeu) — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Maltese: suq — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Pashto: سوق (suq) — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Persian: سوق (suq) — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Portuguese: souq — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Portuguese: souk — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Portuguese: suque — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Portuguese: azoque — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Russian: сук (suk) — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Spanish: zoco — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Tajik: суқ (suq) — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Ottoman Turkish: سوق (suk) — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries
  • Ukrainian: сук (suk) — a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries