souk
[sook, shook]
- suk.
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Contemporary Examples
“This is the only place in the souk you can buy safety pins,” he said.
But as an American creating a new brand here, and living the daily life of the souk, he seems to be in a league of his own.
It is a bazaar, a souk, an open-air temple celebrating cheap desire.
As a result, the primary relationships in American family life have acquired the flavor of a Moroccan souk.
EBay has always been my souk of choice, but I haven't really had time to sell stuff there.
Historical Examples
There is a tale of a certain Arab shopkeeper of the Souk dEtoffes who married a stranger from overseas.
In the Land of Mosques & MinaretsFrancis Miltoun
We came through the souk, where were the sticks of meat roasting, and lots of people.
I went to see the souk;—everybody was very civil;—no calling Kafer!
In the souk to-day, it was proved beyond all doubt that the Zinder people sell themselves into foreign slavery.
The souk to-day was full of people, but goods of value were wanting.
souk1
suq
- (in Muslim countries, esp North Africa and the Middle East) an open-air marketplace
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Word Origin
C20: from Arabic sūq
souk2
- Scot a variant spelling of sook 2
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Word Origin and History for souk
n.
Arab bazaar, 1826, from French souk, from Arabic suq "marketplace."
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