suq

Translingual

Symbol

suq

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Suri.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Suri terms

English

Noun

suq (plural suqs)

1. Alternative spelling of souq.
   • 1987 October, Marianne Alireza, “Women of Saudi Arabia”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 440:

     For Bedouin silver, there's the women's suq in Riyadh, where a fully veiled shopkeeper models her wares.

Anagrams

• Qus

Maltese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Semitic *ṣ́yḳ-

Akkadian 𒋛𒀀𒄣 (siāqum)

Akkadian 𒋻 ( sūqum)der.

Aramaic שׁוּקָא (šūqā’)bor.

Arabic سُوق (sūq)

Maltese suq

Inherited from Arabic سُوق (sūq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːʔ/
• Rhymes: -uːʔ

Noun

suq m (plural swieq)

1. market

Wolof

Noun

suq (definite form suq li)

1. young wrestler, who is often part of the entourage of older wrestlers,

(clarification of this definition is needed)