almsgiving

English

Etymology

From alms +‎ giving.

Noun

almsgiving (countable and uncountable, plural almsgivings)

1. The act of voluntarily giving alms, of making donations to the poor, charity.

Translations

the act of voluntarily giving alms

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} زَكَاة f (zakāh)
• Bengali: খয়রাত (bn) (khoẏorat)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 救濟／救济 (zh) (jiùjì), 施捨／施舍 (zh) (shīshě)

• Esperanto: almozdonado
• Finnish: almujen antaminen
• Galician: esmola (gl) f
• Ido: almono (io)
• Irish: almsóireacht f
• Khmer: ទាន (km) (tiən)
• Lao: ທານ (thān)
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} زکات (fa) (zakât)
• Portuguese: esmola (pt) f
• Thai: ทาน (th) (taan)