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sūd [Pārsī śūṭ; rt. Zend śu; cf. af-zūd], s.m. Utility, advantage, benefit; profit, gain; interest, usury:—sūd-baṭṭa, s.m. Profit and loss:—sūd-par denā, v.t. To lend at interest:—sūd-par lenā, v.t. To borrow at interest:—sūd-ḵẖor, or sūd-ḵẖorā, s.m. A usurer:—sūd-ḵẖorī, s.f. Usury:—sūd-dar-sūd, s.m. 'Interest on interest,' compound interest:—sūd khānā, To take or receive interest:—sūd lagānā(-meṅ), To charge interest (on):—sūd muẓāf, s.m. The accumulation of interest so as to double the original debt:—sūd-mand, adj. Useful, beneficial, advantageous, profitable, lucrative; benefited, profited:—sūd-mandī, s.f. Advantage, profitableness:—sūd honā(-ko), Advantage to accrue (to), to be benefited, to profit:—be-sūd, adj. Useless, profitless, bootless.
Origin: Persian