zakat

noun

za·​kat

zəˈkät

variants or less commonly zakah

-kä

plural -s

: an annual alms tax or poor rate that each Muslim is expected to pay as a religious duty and that is used for charitable and religious purposes

Word History

Etymology

Arabic zakāt

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