Etymology

Souk Ahras

Today it means: A city, the capital of Souk Ahras province, north-east Algeria. Full definition →

Arabic سُوق
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The story

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromسُوق“market”
  2. English todaySouk Ahras

Souk is from Arabic سُوق (sūq, “market”). Ahras is from a Berber word meaning lion.

Words from the same roots

Arabicسُوق all →

souq

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.