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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Arabic زَكَوٰة (zakawā), specifically Classical Arabic.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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زکوٰۃ (zakátf (Hindi spelling ज़कात) (indeclinable)

  1. alms, charity
  2. (Islam) Almsgiving; zakat, one of the five pillars of Islam.

Further reading

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  • زکواۃ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • زَکوٰۃ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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    Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “zakāt'”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.