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- Russian · borrowed fromпуд
- English todaypood
From Russian пуд (pud). Doublet of funt, pfund, pound, and punt.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pood
Today it means: An obsolete Russian unit of mass, equal to 40 Russian funt, or about 16.38 kg (approximately 36.11 pounds). Full definition →
Russian пуд