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

[Yehoshua ben Haym]

If you want to see pictures of the shuk I have some on my web page
http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~zkessin (lots of israel pictures there)


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Yehoshua ben Haym haYerushalmi
Senischal soon to be Shire of Beit Aryeh
MKA Zachary Kessin Jerusalem, Israel
zkessin at cs.brandeis.edu IM:ZachKessin LiveJournal: zachkessin

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Terry Decker wrote:

> 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
>
>
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