souk

Borrowed from French souk, from Arabic سُوق (sūq, “market”). More at souq.

souk (plural souks)

1. Alternative spelling of souq

• Kuos

Borrowed from Arabic سُوق (sūq, “market”).

• IPA^(key): /suk/

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souk m (plural souks)

1. souq (Arabic market)
2. (figurative, colloquial) mess, chaos
   • 2003, Michaëla de Filsjacq, L'enfer du JE, Éditions Le Manuscrit, →ISBN, page 172:

     Tout sera bien rangé, personne ne viendra foutre le souk chez moi. Je ne donnerai mon adresse à personne.

     Everything will be tidy, no one will come and mess shit up at my place. I won't give my address to anyone.

• “souk”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

souk m (plural souks)

1. Alternative form of souq