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souk

  [sook, shook]
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suk

  [sook]
–noun
(esp. in the Arab countries) the market, esp. the traditional bazaar.
Also, suq, souk.

Origin:
1820–30; < Ar sūq
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souk or suq   (sōōk, shōōk)   
n.  A market, or part of a market, in an Arab city.

[Arabic sūq, from Aramaic šuqā, street, market, from Akkadian sūqu, street, from sâqu, to be narrow; see yq in Semitic roots.]
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Word Origin & History

souk 
Arab bazaar, 1826, from Arabic suq "marketplace."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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souk

originally, a public market district of a Persian town. From Persia the term spread to Arabia (the Arabic word suq is synonymous), Turkey, and North Africa. In India it came to be applied to a single shop, and in current English usage it is applied both to a single shop or concession selling miscellaneous articles and to a fair at which such miscellany is sold, sometimes for charity

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