سوق

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See also: شوق, سوف, and شوف

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Aramaic שׁוּקָא / ܫܽܘܩܳܐ (šūqā’, street, market), from Akkadian 𒋻 (sūqum, street), from Akkadian 𒅆𒀀𒄣 (siāqum, to become narrow). Cognate to Hebrew שׁוּק (šūq).

Pronunciation

Noun

سُوق (sūqf or m (plural أَسْوَاق (ʔaswāq))

  1. market
    فِي السُّوقِ، يُمْكِنُنَا شِرَاءُ الْفَوَاكِهِ وَالْخَضْرَوَاتِ الطَّازَجَةِ وَالْبَضَائِعِ الْأُخْرَى.
    fī s-sūqi, yumkinunā širāʔu l-fawākihi wālḵaḍrawāti ṭ-ṭāzajati wālbaḍāʔiʕi l-ʔuḵrā.
    At the market, we can buy fresh fruits, vegetables, and other goods.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 25:20:
      وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّا إِنَّهُمْ لَيَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشُونَ فِي ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ
      wamā ʔarsalnā qablaka mina l-mursalīna ʔillā ʔinnahum layaʔkulūna ṭ-ṭaʕāma wayamšūna fī l-ʔaswāqi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

سَوْق (sawqm

  1. verbal noun of سَاقَ (sāqa, to drive, to conscript) (form I)
  2. driving (of a car)
  3. (military) draft, conscription
  4. mobilization
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

سُوق (sūqm pl or f pl

  1. plural of سَاق (sāq)

Etymology 4

Denominal verb from سُوق (sūq, market, souq).

Pronunciation

Verb

سَوَّقَ (sawwaqa) II (non-past يُسَوِّقُ (yusawwiqu), verbal noun تَسْوِيق (taswīq))

  1. to market
Conjugation
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سوق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Root
س و ق
4 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic سُوق (sūq).

Pronunciation

Noun

سوق (sūgm (plural أسواق (ʔaswāg))

  1. market

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

سوق (sūg)

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of ساق (sāg)

Etymology 3

From Arabic سَوَّق (sawwaq).

Pronunciation

Verb

سَوَّق (sawwag) II (non-past يِسَوِّق (yisawwig))

  1. to market
Conjugation
    Conjugation of سوق (sawwag)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سوقت (sawwagt) سوقت (sawwagt) سوق (sawwag) سوقنا (sawwagna) سوقتوا (sawwagtu) سوقوا (sawwagu)
f سوقتي (sawwagti) سوقت (sawwagat)
non-past m أسوق (ʔasawwig) تسوق (tisawwig) يسوق (yisawwig) نسوق (nisawwig) تسوقوا (tisawwigu) يسوقوا (yisawwigu)
f تسوقي (tisawwigi) تسوق (tisawwig)
imperative m سوق (sawwig) سوقوا (sawwigu)
f سوقي (sawwigi)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
س و ق
4 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic سُوق (sūq).

Pronunciation

Noun

سوق (sūqm (plural سواق (swāq) or أسواق (ʔaswāq))

  1. market, souq, bazaar, street of shops
  2. business (something involving one personally)
    ماشي سوقك!māši sūqek!None of your business!
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Arabic سَوَّقَ (sawwaqa).

Pronunciation

Verb

سوق (sawwaq) II (non-past يسوق (ysawwaq), verbal noun تسواق (taswāq) or تسويق (taswīq), active participle مسوق (msawwaq))

  1. (transitive) to market
  2. (transitive) to inform
  3. (intransitive) to care, to pay attention
    حتى واحد ما سوق ليهḥatta wāḥid ma sawwaq līhNobody paid attention to him
Conjugation
    Conjugation of سوق
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سوّقت (sawwaqt) سوّقتي (sawwaqti) سوّق (sawwaq) سوّقنا (sawwaqna) سوّقتوا (sawwaqtu) سوّقوا (sawwqu)
f سوّقت (sawwqāt)
non-past m نسوّق (nsawwaq) تسوّق (tsawwaq) يسوّق (ysawwaq) نسوّقوا (nsawwqu) تسوّقوا (tsawwqu) يسوّقوا (ysawwqu)
f تسوّقي (tsawwqi) تسوّق (tsawwaq)
imperative m سوّق (sawwaq) سوّقوا (sawwqu)
f سوّقي (sawwqi)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

سوق (sūq)

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of ساق (sāq)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُوق (sūq, market).

Noun

سوق (suk)

  1. marketplace, an open area or a street in a town or city housing a public market
  2. market, souq, fair, a gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise
    Synonyms: بازار (bazar), چارشو (çarşu)

Derived terms

  • سوقی (suki, pertaining to the market)

Descendants

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س و ق
3 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic سَوَّقَ (sawwaqa).

Pronunciation

Verb

سوّق (sawwaʔ) II (present بسوّق (bisawweʔ))

  1. to market
Conjugation
    Conjugation of سوّق (sawwaʔ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m سوّقت (sawwaʔt) سوّقت (sawwaʔt) سوّق (sawwaʔ) سوّقنا (sawwaʔna) سوّقتو (sawwaʔtu) سوّقو (sawwaʔu)
f سوّقتي (sawwaʔti) سوّقت (sawwaʔat)
present m بسوّق (basawweʔ) بتسوّق (bitsawweʔ) بسوّق (bisawweʔ) منسوّق (minsawweʔ) بتسوّقو (bitsawwʔu) بسوّقو (bisawwʔu)
f بتسوّقي (bitsawwʔi) بتسوّق (bitsawweʔ)
subjunctive m اسوّق (asawweʔ) تسوّق (tsawweʔ) يسوّق (ysawweʔ) نسوّق (nsawweʔ) تسوّقو (tsawwʔu) يسوّقو (ysawwʔu)
f تسوّقي (tsawwʔi) تسوّق (tsawweʔ)
imperative m سوّق (sawweʔ) سوّقو (sawwʔu)
f سوّقي (sawwʔi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic سُوق (sūq).

Pronunciation

Noun

سوق (sūʔm (plural أسواق (ʔaswāʔ))

  1. market