'Wednesday Market of the West' from the Arabic
sūq 'market', '
arba 'Wednesday (literally 'four(th) day)', French
du 'of the', and Arabic
gharb 'west'; in the Maghreb
sūq is represented as
souk and the
gh of
gharb sometimes as
rh. A number of Moroccan towns are named after market days: Souk el Had (de Reggada) 'Sunday Market' (literally 'one' or 'first day'), Souk el Tnine (Imi n Tlit) 'Monday Market' ('two'), Souk el Tleta (des Akhassas) 'Tuesday Market' ('three'), Souk el Khemis 'Thursday Market' ('five'), Souk es Sebt (des Indouzal) 'Saturday Market' ('Sabbath'). Friday is the Muslims' holy day.
