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).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʃuːqɑː]

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

1. market, marketplace, square (gathering or spacious site for trading)

   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. a street market, souq, bazaar
3. store, shop
4. (economics) market (formally organized system of trading in specified goods or effects)

• 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”)

• IPA^(key): [ʃuqɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ʃuqe(ʔ)] (plural)

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: [script needed] (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