zakat

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from: Persian زکات (zakât); Turkish zekât, from Ottoman Turkish زكات (zekat); or Urdu زَکَات (zakāt); all from Arabic زَكَاة (zakāh, “almsgiving, zakat; purification”), from زَكَوٰة (zakāh) (archaic), from Aramaic זכותא/ܙܟܘܬܐ (zākūṯā, “goodness, probity, uprightness; merit; victory”), from זכי (zəḵē, “to gain; to overcome, triumph over”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /zəˈkɑːt/ (General American) IPA(key): /zəˈkɑt/, /zɑ-/ Rhymes: -ɑːt Hyphenation: za‧kat === Noun === zakat (usually uncountable, plural zakats) (Islam) Almsgiving, usually in the form of an annual tax on certain types of property which is then used for charitable purposes; the third of the five pillars of Islam. ==== Alternative forms ==== zakaah, zakah, zikat, Zikat ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === zakat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Kaatz == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Malay zakat, from Classical Malay زكاة (zakat), from Arabic زَكَوٰة (zakāh). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈzakat/ [ˈza.kat̪̚] Rhymes: -akat Syllabification: za‧kat === Noun === zakat (plural zakat) (Islam) zakat (almsgiving, usually in the form of an annual tax on certain types of property which is then used for charitable purposes; the third of the five pillars of Islam) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “zakat”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic زَكَوٰة (zakāh). === Noun === zakat (Jawi spelling زکاة, plural zakat) (Islam) zakat (almsgiving, usually in the form of an annual tax on certain types of property which is then used for charitable purposes; the third of the five pillars of Islam) === Further reading === "zakat" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic زَكَاة (zakāh). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈza.kat/ Rhymes: -akat Syllabification: za‧kat === Noun === zakat m inan (Islam) zakat, almsgiving (one of the five pillars of Islam) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “zakat”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === zakah, zakaah === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic زَكَاة (zakāh). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /zaˈkat/ [zɐˈxat̪̚] IPA(key): (with nativization) /saˈkat/ [sɐˈxat̪̚] Rhymes: -at Syllabification: za‧kat === Noun === zakát (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃᜆ᜔) (Islam) (Islam) zakat (almsgiving, usually in the form of an annual tax on certain types of property which is then used for charitable purposes; the third of the five pillars of Islam) ==== See also ====