almsgiving

English

Etymology

From alms +‎ giving.

Noun

almsgiving (countable and uncountable, plural almsgivings)

1. The act of voluntarily giving alms, of making donations to the poor, charity.

Translations

the act of voluntarily giving alms

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} زكاة (zakat)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 救濟／救济 (zh) (jiùjì), 救济 (zh) (jiùjì), 施捨／施舍 (zh) (shīshě), 施舍 (zh) (shīshě)

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: almujen antaminen
• Galician: esmola f
• Ido: almono (io)
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• Irish: almsóireacht f
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} زکات (fa) (zakat)
• Portuguese: esmola (pt) f
• Thai: please add this translation if you can