جزية

See also: حرية

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ج ز ي (j-z-y)

Compare جَزَى (jazā, “to repay”). Or borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭢𐭦𐭩𐭲𐭪𐭩 (gzytky /⁠gazīdag⁠/), 𐭢𐭦𐭩𐭲 (gzyt /⁠gazīd⁠/, “poll tax”), at least semantic loan from Middle Persian.

Noun

جِزْيَة • (jizya) f (plural جِزًى (jizan) or جِزْي (jizy) or جِزَاء (jizāʔ))

1. jizya, tax paid by non-Muslims
2. head tax
3. customs tax
4. land tax
5. produce of the ground

Declension

Declension of noun جِزْيَة (jizya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جِزْيَة jizya	الْجِزْيَة al-jizya	جِزْيَة jizyat
Nominative	جِزْيَةٌ jizyatun	الْجِزْيَةُ al-jizyatu	جِزْيَةُ jizyatu
Accusative	جِزْيَةً jizyatan	الْجِزْيَةَ al-jizyata	جِزْيَةَ jizyata
Genitive	جِزْيَةٍ jizyatin	الْجِزْيَةِ al-jizyati	جِزْيَةِ jizyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جِزْيَتَيْن jizyatayn	الْجِزْيَتَيْن al-jizyatayn	جِزْيَتَيْ jizyatay
Nominative	جِزْيَتَانِ jizyatāni	الْجِزْيَتَانِ al-jizyatāni	جِزْيَتَا jizyatā
Accusative	جِزْيَتَيْنِ jizyatayni	الْجِزْيَتَيْنِ al-jizyatayni	جِزْيَتَيْ jizyatay
Genitive	جِزْيَتَيْنِ jizyatayni	الْجِزْيَتَيْنِ al-jizyatayni	جِزْيَتَيْ jizyatay
Plural	broken plural in ـًى (-an)‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جِزَى‎; جِزْي‎; جِزَاء jizā‎; jizy‎; jizāʔ	الْجِزَى‎; الْجِزْي‎; الْجِزَاء al-jizā‎; al-jizy‎; al-jizāʔ	جِزَى‎; جِزْي‎; جِزَاء jizā‎; jizy‎; jizāʔ
Nominative	جِزًى‎; جِزْيٌ‎; جِزَاءٌ jizan‎; jizyun‎; jizāʔun	الْجِزَى‎; الْجِزْيُ‎; الْجِزَاءُ al-jizā‎; al-jizyu‎; al-jizāʔu	جِزَى‎; جِزْيُ‎; جِزَاءُ jizā‎; jizyu‎; jizāʔu
Accusative	جِزًى‎; جِزْيًا‎; جِزَاءً jizan‎; jizyan‎; jizāʔan	الْجِزَى‎; الْجِزْيَ‎; الْجِزَاءَ al-jizā‎; al-jizya‎; al-jizāʔa	جِزَى‎; جِزْيَ‎; جِزَاءَ jizā‎; jizya‎; jizāʔa
Genitive	جِزًى‎; جِزْيٍ‎; جِزَاءٍ jizan‎; jizyin‎; jizāʔin	الْجِزَى‎; الْجِزْيِ‎; الْجِزَاءِ al-jizā‎; al-jizyi‎; al-jizāʔi	جِزَى‎; جِزْيِ‎; جِزَاءِ jizā‎; jizyi‎; jizāʔi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: cizyə
• → Bashkir: жизйә (jizyə), жизиә (jiziə)
• → Bengali: জিজিয়া (jijiẏa)
• → English: jizya
• → Hindi: जज़िया (jaziyā)
• → Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: גזיאתא (gzīṯā)/גזיתא (gzīṯā)
• → Malay: jizyah
• → Ottoman Turkish: جزیه (cizye)
  • Turkish: cizye
• → Persian: جزیه (jezye)
• → Russian: джизья (džizʹja), джизия (džizija)
• → Serbo-Croatian: џизија
• → Classical Syriac: ܓܙܝܬܐ (gzīṯā)
• → Urdu: جزیہ
• → Uzbek: jizya

References

• “gzy²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Asbaghi, Asya (2008) “Persian Loanwords”, in Versteegh, Kees, editor, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 580
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “جزية”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 193
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 283–284
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “جزية”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 422
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “جزية”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: W.H. Allen, page 233