جزية

See also: حرية

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ج ز ي (j-z-y)

Compare جَزَى (jazā, “to repay”). Or borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭢𐭦𐭩𐭲𐭪𐭩 (gzytky /⁠gazīdag⁠/), 𐭢𐭦𐭩𐭲 (gzyt /⁠gazīd⁠/, “poll tax”), at least semantic loan from Middle Persian.

Noun

جِزْيَة • (jizya) f (plural جِزًى (jizan) or جِزْي (jizy) or جِزَاء (jizāʔ))

  1. jizya, tax paid by non-Muslims
  2. head tax
  3. customs tax
  4. land tax
  5. produce of the ground

Declension

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: cizyə
  • → Bashkir: жизйә (jizyə), жизиә (jiziə)
  • → Bengali: জিজিয়া (jijiẏa)
  • → English: jizya
  • → Hindi: जज़िया (jaziyā)
  • → Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: גזיאתא (gzīṯā)/גזיתא (gzīṯā)
  • → Malay: jizyah
  • → Ottoman Turkish: جزیه (cizye)
  • → Persian: جزیه (jezye)
  • → Russian: джизья (džizʹja), джизия (džizija)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: џизија
  • → Classical Syriac: ܓܙܝܬܐ (gzīṯā)
  • → Urdu: جزیہ
  • → Uzbek: jizya

References

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