[Sca-cooks] Shuks and Bazaars was Preserved (Pickled) Lemons

[Terry Decker]

I suspect it is the Hebrew or Yiddish equivalent of "souk."

"Souk" is the Arabic term for market.  "Bazaar" or "bazar" is the Persian
term.  Around the Mediterranean and down into Africa and the Arabian
Peninsula, some form of the word "souk." is the more common usage.  Asiatic
Islamic countries, Persia to Pakistan and eastward tend to use some form of
"bazaar."

In general the terms are used to describe a group of small shops along a
street or under one roof.

While I have no evidence, I suspect "bazaar" may have entered European
languages either through the Italian silk trade with Persia or the
Portuguese spice trade with Mogul India.

Modern English usage also refers to a shop or part of a store that sells
miscellaneous items.  Sounds like the B&J Circus Store in Tacoma (which I
doubt is still around) or a Wal-Mart Supercenter to me.

Bear


>>What is shuk?
>I was wondering that myself or at least wondering about the details. I'm
imagining a bazaar such as I've been to in Mexico, but I have been to large
and small ones there, both under roofs and in the open. But all were
collections of small shops owned by individuals. Or perhaps it is a general
term for "market" and also includes American style grocery stores?
>
>Stefan