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

Example Sentences

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

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 Mundy, Talbot

What is his purpose with her—that he would not show her in the suk as the law prescribes, but comes slinking here to beg thee set aside the law for him?

From The Sea-Hawk by Sabatini, Rafael