zakat

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

azaque

Sinónimos

tithe

alms

charity

Islamic tax

Traducciones

zakat

dîme

aumône

Zakât

zakah

zakât

elemosina

zekat

almòina

esmola

zakat

sadaka verme

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/zəˈkɑːt/

Etimología (Inglés)

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”).