ܫܘܩܐ

From Aramaic שׁוּקָא (šūqā, “street, market”), from Akkadian 𒋻 (sūqum, “street”), from Akkadian 𒋛𒀀𒄣 (siāqum, “to become narrow”); cognate with Arabic ضَيِّق (ḍayyiq) and Ugaritic 𐎕𐎊𐎖 (ṣyq, “narrow”). Also borrowed into Arabic سُوق (sūq) and Hebrew שׁוּק (shuk). Doublet of ܥܵܝܸܩ (ˁāyiq).

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ܫܘܼܩܵܐ • (šūqā) m sg (plural ܫܘܼܩܹ̈ܐ (šūqē) or ܫܘܼܩܵܢܹ̈ܐ (šūqānē))

1. market, marketplace, square, street market, souq, bazaar, market street

   ܒܹܐܙܵܠܵܐ ܝܘܸܢ ܠܫܘܼܩܵܐ ܕܙܵܒ݂ܢܹܢ ܚܲܕ݇ܟ̰ܵܐ ܡܸܢܕܝܼܵܢܹ̈ܐ.

   bēzālā ìwen l-šūqā d-zāḇnēn ḥačā mindīyānē.

   I am going to the market to buy a few things.

2. (by extension) store, shop
3. (economics) market (formally organized system of trading in specified goods or effects)

• In traditional Aramaic-speaking areas, markets were located in streets laid out with market stalls. Therefore, there was no distinction between the marketplace itself and the type of streets that it took place in.
• For a paved street within a settlement (generally city or town) where markets do not take place in, see ܥܵܠܘܿܠܵܐ (ˁālōlā) or ܒܹܪܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (bērīṯā). For a narrow street, passageway, or alley, see ܥܵܠܘܿܠܬܵܐ (ˁālōltā) or ܫܩܵܩܵܐ (šqāqā).

• ܫܘܼܩܵܐ ܚܹܐܪܵܐ (šūqā ḥērā, “free market”)
• ܫܘܼܩܵܐ ܕܦܘܼܠܚܵܢܵܐ (šūqā dpulḥānā, “labour market”)
• ܫܘܼܩܵܐ ܐ݇ܟܘܿܡܵܐ (šūqā kōmā, “black market”)

• ܫܲܘܸܩ (šawwiq, “to market”)
• ܫܲܘܲܩܬܵܐ (šawwaqtā, “marketing”)

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From Akkadian 𒋻 (sūqum, “street”), from Akkadian 𒋛𒀀𒄣 (siāqum, “to become narrow”). Cognate with Arabic ضَيِّق (ḍayyiq), Ugaritic 𐎕𐎊𐎖 (ṣyq, “narrow”).

ܫܘܩܐ • (šūqā’) m (plural ܫܘܩܐ)

1. street
2. square, plaza, forum, court
3. market, bazaar
4. open space
5. quarter, district, borough

• → Amharic: ሱቅ (suḳ)
• → Arabic: سُوق (sūq) (see there for further descendants)
• → Middle Persian: (šūkā)
• → Old Armenian: շուկայ (šukay)
  • Armenian: շուկա (šuka)
  • → Georgian: შუკა (šuḳa)

From Ancient Greek σηκός (sēkós).

ܫܘܩܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܫܘܩܐ)

1. laura, enclosure

• “šwq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 363b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 568a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 1534b