Etymology

sukuk

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Today it means: A bond that generates a return to an investor without infringing Islamic laws against interest. Full definition →

Arabic صُكُوك
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromصُكُوك
  2. English todaysukuk

Borrowed from Arabic صُكُوك (ṣukūk), plural of صَكّ (ṣakk, “bond, deed”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.