sou9 سوق
Moroccan Darija · noun
“sou9” (سوق) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning market, souk.
Meanings
- market, souk
- weekly market
- business, one's concern
Usage
The word sou9 means the market: a shopping district of the medina or the weekly market of the countryside, which is often named after the day it is held. The plural is aswa9. One says mchit l-sou9 for "I went to the market". A sou9 3amer is a crowded market. Figuratively, sou9 refers to someone's affairs: dkhel f sou9 rassek means "mind your own business", and machi sou9ek "it's none of your business". The expression taman sou9 means the going price of a good. Note that sou9 is not used for a modern supermarket.
Example
سوق كان عامر
sou9 kann 3amr
“The market was packed.”
Forms
| plural | swa9 |
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Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “sou9” but also “souk”, “so9”, “souq” and “su9”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.
Type “sou9” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “market, souk”; “business, one's own affair”: souk in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “market, souk”; “business (as in mouch sou9ek)”: sou9 in Tunisian.