שוקא

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• Syriac: ܫܘܩܐ

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒋻 (/⁠sūqu⁠/, “street”), from Akkadian 𒆸 (/⁠sâqu⁠/, “to become narrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃuqɑʔ/

Noun

שוקא • (transliteration needed) m (plural שוקא)

1. street
2. square, plaza, forum
3. market, bazaar
4. open space
5. 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