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Sūḳ
(17,433 words)
(a.), pl.
aswāḳ , market. 1. In the traditional Arab world.
Sūḳ , market, is a loanword from Aramaic
s̲h̲ūḳā with the same meaning. Like the French term
marché and the English
market , the Arabic word
sūḳ has acquired a double meaning: it denotes both the commercial exchange of goods or services and the place in which this exchange is normally conducted. Analysis of the
sūḳ is thus of interest to the economic and social historian as well as to the archaeologist and the urban topographer. The substantial textual documentation which is available has as yet been …