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• suk
  suk

  noun

  (especially in the Arab countries) the market, especially the traditional bazaar.
• Suk
  Suk

  noun

  Josef 1874–1935, Czech composer and violinist.

suk

¹ American  

[sook] / suk /

Also suq,

noun

1. (especially in the Arab countries) the market, especially the traditional bazaar.

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Suk ² American  

[sook] / sʊk /

noun

1. Josef 1874–1935, Czech composer and violinist.

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Etymology

Origin of suk

First recorded in 1820–30, suk is from the Arabic word sūq

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Example Sentences

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To be honest, the luu suk, pig blood soup with MSG sauce, is not the best dish at Night + Market Song.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2015

It’s more like dipping — you roll balls of sticky rice in your hands and sop up something like luu suk, a pork blood and MSG “soup” served with pork cracklings, lemongrass and fried garlic.

From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2014

We call the foam on waves sukien: that word is made from two words of the Old Speech, suk, feather, and inien, the sea.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

On our way back we met Narayan Singh returning from the suk with parcels under his arm.

From The Lion of Petra by Talbot Mundy

I'm told she has been buying things in the suk* that no Badawi could have use for, and has sent to Jerusalem for goods that could not be obtained here.

From The Lion of Petra by Talbot Mundy

They swept to victory last June, after the disgraced former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was impeached for a bizarre six-hour attempt to declare martial law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

Suk is also considering his ad options in light of the Meta change.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026

It took just over 14 months for Yoon Suk Yeol to go from South Korea's presidential residence to a life behind bars.

From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026

South Korea's former president Yoon Suk Yeol apologised Friday for the "hardship" caused by his 2024 martial law decree, one day after he was sentenced to life in prison for insurrection.

From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026

There is a "Suk," or market-street of the usual form, a long narrow lane darkened by a covering of palm leaves, with little shops let into the walls of the houses on both sides.

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

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