سود

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Arabic

Root
س و د (s w d)
17 terms

Etymology 1.1

Verb

سَوِدَ (sawida) I (non-past يَسْوَدُ (yaswadu), verbal noun سَوَد (sawad))

  1. to be black
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Verb

سَوَّدَ (sawwada) II (non-past يُسَوِّدُ (yusawwidu), verbal noun تَسْوِيد (taswīd))

  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
See also

Etymology 1.3

Adjective

سود (transliteration needed)

  1. common plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad, black)

Azerbaijani

Noun

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

  1. milk

Declension

Chagatai

Noun

سود (süd)

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

References

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Persian سود (sud).

Noun

سود (sud)

  1. gain, profit
  2. benefit; advantage

Etymology 2

Noun

سود (süd)

  1. alternative form of سوت (süt, milk)

Further reading

  • 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

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian (swt'), 𐫘𐫇𐫅 (swd), 𐫘𐫇𐫇𐫅 (swwd /⁠sūd⁠/).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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]‎:
      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
  • Bengali: সুদ (śud)
  • Hindi: सूद (sūd)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French soude.

Pronunciation

Noun

سود (sud) (plural سود‌ها (sud-hâ))

  1. soda