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  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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suk Suk

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

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 Rafael Sabatini

The sheikh es suk, who was at that time rather short of money, promised to release the prisoners if they could collect fifty dollars amongst them.

From Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 by F. R. Wingate

Pyongyang sent trash-filled balloons and broadcast unsettling noises across the border during the administration of Lee's hawkish predecessor, Yoon Suk Yeol.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

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

South Korea's disgraced former president Yoon Suk Yeol could be banished to death row on February 19 when he fronts court over his disastrous bid to impose martial law.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

Passing through the large bazar, called the Suk al-Layl, I saw the palace of Mohammed bin Aun, quondam Prince of Meccah.

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

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