zakat

See also: zakât

English

Alternative forms

• zakah, zakaah, zakāh, zikat/Zikat, Zikât

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒt

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.

Anagrams

• Kaatz