diyya

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic دِيَة (diya).

Noun

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diyya (countable and uncountable, plural diyat)

  1. (Islam) A financial compensation paid, under sharia law, to the victim or their heirs in cases of homicide, bodily harm, or property damage (in some cases the victim side must accept this payment, while in others it can insist on talion instead).
    Hypernym: blood money
    Coordinate terms: bloodwite, qisas, wergeld

Hausa

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Etymology

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From Arabic دِيَة (diya).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /díj.jàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [dɪ́j.jàː]

Noun

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diyyā̀ f (possessed form diyyàr̃)

  1. diyya, blood money