sūqu [SILA : , E.SÍR :
] (pl. m. & f. ;
)
[City]
street ; ina sūqi publicly ; sūqu rapšu wide street ; sūqu qatnu narrow street ; sūq erbetti crossroads / square ; sūqu ilāni : street of the gods (Uruk) ; magiceper / ḫaṣab sūq erbetti : earth / sherd from the crossroads ; bazaar + , market + , market-place + , suk +; pudri sūqi : a pigeon ("street dung") ; ša-pān-sūqi : a street-inspector ;
Variants : šūqu
See also : ribītu (1), sūqāya, maḫiru, bēt maḫīri, sulû (3)
Comparison with other Semitic languages :
- Proto-Semitic : *ṣ́yq "narrow"
- Arabic : ḍayyiq ضَيِّق "narrow"
- Ugaritic : ṣyq
"narrow"