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oud

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /uːd/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A short-necked and fretless plucked stringed instrument of the lute family, of Arab and Turkish origin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Agarwood, in particular the noble rot of Aquilaria trees used to make perfumes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: perfumery

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Arabic عُود (ʕūd). Doublet of lute.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عُود (ʕūd) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Arabic: عُود (ʕūd) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Arabic: عُود (ʕūd) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Aramaic: ܥܘܕ — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Aramaic: ܥܘܕ (ūd) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Armenian: ուդ (ud) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Azerbaijani: ud — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Belarusian: уд (ud) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Bulgarian: уд (ud) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Catalan: ud — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Chinese Cantonese: 烏德琴 /乌德琴 (wu1 dak1 kam4) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 烏德琴 /乌德琴 (wūdéqín) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Chinese Mandarin: 烏德 /乌德 (wūdé) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Czech: úd — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Dutch: oed — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Esperanto: udo — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Estonian: uud — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Finnish: ud — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Galician: ud — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • German: Ud — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Greek: ούτι (oúti) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Greek: ούτια (oútia) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Hebrew: עוּד ('úd) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Hindi: औद (aud) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Hungarian: úd — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Japanese: ウード (ūdo) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Korean: 우드 (udeu) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Central Kurdish: عوود ('ûd) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Northern Kurdish: ûd — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Ladino: ut — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Lithuanian: ūdas — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Macedonian: уд (ud) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Mehri: طرب — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Occitan: ud — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Persian: عود ('ud) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Polish: ud — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Portuguese: ud — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Punjabi: ਊਦ (ūda) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Russian: уд (ud) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Serbo-Croatian: оуд — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Serbo-Croatian: oud — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Slovak: úd — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Somali: kaban — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Somali: cuud — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Spanish: laúd árabe — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Spanish: ud — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Swahili: udi — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Thai: อู๊ด (úut) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Turkish: ud — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Turkish: ut — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Ugaritic: 𐎓𐎄 (ʿd) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Ukrainian: уд (ud) — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • Uzbek: ud — Arabic plucked string instrument
  • German: Ud — agarwood
  • Polish: ud — agarwood