sukuk

English

Etymology

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

Noun

sukuk (plural sukuk or sukuks)

  1. (Islam, economics) A bond that generates a return to an investor without infringing Islamic laws against interest.
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