How to say "market" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningmarket
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
سُوق
sūqסוק
سوق
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שוק
shukشُوك
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Hebrew שוק and Arabic sūq are the same word, both carried through Aramaic from Akkadian sūqu 'street' — a trade word that traveled with the merchants.
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
سُوق
sūʾסואUrban Levantine turns qāf into a glottal stop: is-sūʾ.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
سُوق
sūʾסואCairo, too: is-sūʾ.
In a phrase
أَذْهَبُ إِلَى السُّوق
adhhabu ilā as-sūqאד'הב אלא א-סוקI go to the market
Plural
أَسْوَاق
aswāqאסואקbroken plural aCCāC — like وَلَد→أَوْلَاد