daud

British  

/ dɒd, dɔːd /

noun

1. a lump or chunk of something

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Etymology

Origin of daud

C18: from earlier dad to strike, of unknown origin

Example Sentences

In a statement sent to the Associated Press, Information Minister Daud Aweys said the embargo lift will help modernize the country’s armed forces.

From Washington Times

Since October, floods have displaced nearly half a million people and disrupted the lives of over 1.2 million people, Minister of Information Daud Aweis told reporters in the capital Mogadishu.

From Seattle Times

There’s a slot to insert cash and credit cards, but instead of candy bars and bags of chips, the machine distributes science fiction and fantasy books and comics written by Black Northwest authors including Octavia E. Butler, Nisi Shawl, Somaiya Daud and David F. Walker.

From Seattle Times

The Star newspaper cited Kampar police chief Mohamad Nazri Daud as saying the people were trapped when water levels rose during heavy rain Wednesday and flooded the cave’s exit.

From Seattle Times

“We are burying babies and watching with heartbreak as mothers cry because they don’t know what to feed their children, now dying of hunger and thirst, and drought robs families of crops and livestock, their only source of income,” Daud Jiran, Somalia country director for humanitarian organization Mercy Corps, said in an email.

From Washington Post