Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the root س و د (s-w-d).

Verb edit

سَوِدَ (sawida) I, non-past يَسْوَدُ‎ (yaswadu)

  1. to be black

Conjugation edit

Verb edit

سَوَّدَ (sawwada) II, non-past يُسَوِّدُ‎ (yusawwidu)

  1. (transitive) to make black, to blacken
  2. (transitive) to draft, to write or bewrite as a sketch
  3. (ditransitive) to make master over, to make wield

Conjugation edit

See also edit

Adjective edit

سُود (sūdc pl

  1. common plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad)

Azerbaijani edit

Noun edit

سۆد (süd) (definite accusative سودو (südü), plural سودلر (südlər))

  1. milk

Declension edit

Chagatai edit

Noun edit

سود (süd)

  1. Alternative form of سوت (süt, milk).

References edit

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Persian سود (sud).

Noun edit

سود (sud)

  1. gain, profit
  2. benefit; advantage

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

سود (süd)

  1. alternative form of سوت (süt, milk)

Further reading edit

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “sud”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911), “سود”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 697a

Persian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (swt'), 𐫘𐫇𐫅 (swd), 𐫘𐫇𐫇𐫅 (swwd /⁠sūd⁠/).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? sūḏ
Dari reading? sūd
Iranian reading? sud
Tajik reading? sud

Noun edit

سود (sud) (plural سودها (sud-hâ))

  1. (including economics) profit; gain; benefit; advantage
    Synonym: فایده (fâyede)
    • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 6”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎[1]:
      دل عالمی بسوزی چو عذار برفروزی
      تو از این چه سود داری که نمی‌کنی مدارا
      dil-i âlamî bisôzî čô izâr bar-furôzî
      tu az în či sûd dârî ki na-mê-kunî mudârâ
      When you set your cheeks aflame, you burn the worldly heart;
      What profit do you find from this, that you show no kindness?
      (romanization in Classical Persian)
Descendants edit
  • Bengali: সুদ (śud)
  • Hindi: सूद (sūd)

Etymology 2 edit

From French soude.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

سود (sud) (plural سود‌ها (sud-hâ))

  1. soda