zakat

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Persian زکات (zakât), from Arabic زَكَاة (zakāh), from earlier Arabic زَكَوٰة (zakāh).

Pronunciation

Noun

zakat (uncountable)

  1. (Islam) Almsgiving, one of the five pillars of Islam.
    • 1958-1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, p. 27:
      Amongst these stations is the well-known place called Qatya, where zakat is collected from the merchants, their goods are examined and their baggage most rigorously searched.

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay zakat, from Classical Malay زكاة (zakat), from Arabic زَكَوٰة (zakāh).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

zakat (plural zakat-zakat, first-person possessive zakatku, second-person possessive zakatmu, third-person possessive zakatnya)

  1. (Islam) zakat: almsgiving, one of the five pillars of Islam.

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