Where does “اَلسُّوق” come from?

اَلسُّوق (Arabic) comes from Aramaic שוקא, from Akkadian 𒋻, from Akkadian 𒆸, from Sumerian 𒆸 — block, slab; to make clod.

Ancestry of “اَلسُّوق”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaicשוקאstreet; square, plaza, forum; market, bazaar
2Akkadian𒋻divide, cut off
3Akkadian𒆸"upqu" "block"
4Sumerian𒆸block, slab; to make clod

Words derived from “اَلسُّوق

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