Etymology

souk

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French souk ← Arabic سُوق
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromسُوق“market”
  2. French · borrowed fromsouk
  3. English todaysouk

Borrowed from French souk, from Arabic سُوق (sūq, “market”). More at souq.

Words from the same roots

Arabicسُوق all →

souqSouk Ahras

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.