suk

[ sook ]

/ suk /

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

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Also suq, souk .

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

Suk

[ sook ]

/ sʊk /

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Suk countered that perhaps the high prices were an indicator of desperation: “Why are high prices seen as a sign of health?”
Fashion Fights Design Piracy|Robin Givhan|July 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
So Watt asked Suk to work out precisely what sort of instructions a hopelessly befuddled jury might be given and get back to him.
Fashion Fights Design Piracy|Robin Givhan|July 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
There is a wretched hamlet of Somali at Suk, which had been visited by us from Hadibo.
Southern Arabia|Theodore Bent
Succotash, suk′o-tash, n. a dish consisting of a stew of green Indian corn and beans.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various

Mohammed has been sent to the Suk to make some last purchases, and inquire about two more camels.
A Pilgrimage to Nejd, Vol. 1 [of 2]|Anne Blunt
Succubus, suk′ū-bus, n. a demon in female form who consorts with men in their sleep—also Succ′uba.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
In Suk el Ghurb, however, they have a boarding school containing some twenty-five girls.
The Women of the Arabs|Henry Harris Jessup