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naqd, vulg. naqad (inf. n. of نقد 'to count out, or pay in, ready money'), adj. & s.m. Prompt, or ready (payment);—good, fine, choice (article or goods);—of a just standard (coin);—ready money, cash;—(met.) a fine fellow; (in jest, or ridicule) a son-in-law (so called because he receives money from his father-in-law when he visits him):—naqd-ā-naqd, or naqd-ā-naqdī, Prompt payment:—naqd dam rahnā, v.n. To live a single life, to remain a bachelor:—naqd māl, s.m. Good or choice article or goods;—a dainty, tit-bit:—naqd-o-jins, Money and goods.
Origin: Arabic