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sadaqat

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sa⋅da⋅qat

  [sah-dah-kaht]
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–noun Islam.
zakat.
Origin:
< Ar ṣadaqah

za⋅kat

  [zuh-kaht]
–noun Islam.
a tax, comprising percentages of personal income of every kind, levied as almsgiving for the relief of the poor: the third of the Pillars of Islam.
Also, za⋅kah  [zuh-kah] .
Also called sadaqat.

Origin:
1800–05; < Turk zekât or Pers zakāt < Ar zakāh
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