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Souk Ahras
Souk Ahras comes from Arabic سُوق ‘market’, from Akkadian sūqum ‘street’, and ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ṣ́yḳ-.
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*ṣ́yḳ-reconstructed
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEsiāqumtransliteratedcuneiform siāqum, a transliteration
- Akkadian, derivedc. 2500–100 BCE sūqumtransliteratedcuneiform sūqum, a transliteration‘street’
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEשׁוּקָאšūqā’
- Arabicc. 500–presentسُوقsūq‘market’
- EnglishtodaySouk Ahras
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*ṣ́yḳ-reconstructed
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEsiāqumtransliteratedcuneiform siāqum, a transliteration
- Akkadian, derivedc. 2500–100 BCE sūqumtransliteratedcuneiform sūqum, a transliteration‘street’
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEשׁוּקָאšūqā’
- Arabicc. 500–presentسُوقsūq‘market’
- EnglishtodaySouk Ahras
The story
Souk is from Arabic سُوق (sūq, “market”). Ahras is from a Berber word meaning lion.
Linked words
through Arabic سُوق ‘market’
Today it means
name A city, the capital of Souk Ahras province, north-east Algeria.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Semitic *ṣ́yḳ- / Souk Ahras