زکوۃ

Urdu

Alternative forms

زکوٰہ‎ (zakáh)
زکواۃ‎ (zakát)
زکات‎ (zakāt)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zə.kɑːt̪/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /zə.kɑːt̪/
Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

زکوٰۃ • (zakát) f (Hindi spelling ज़कात) (indeclinable)

alms, zakat
(Islam) Almsgiving, one of the five pillars of Islam.

References

“زکواۃ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“زَکوٰۃ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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