رأس مال

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Arabic

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Etymology

From رَأْسْ (raʔs, head) +‎ مَال (māl, money), probably as a calque of Latin capitāle, from caput (head).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raʔs maːl/
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Noun

رَأْس مَال (raʔs mālm (plural رُؤُوس أَمْوَال (ruʔūs ʔamwāl))

  1. (money) capital
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:279:
      فَإِن لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا فَأْذَنُوا بِحَرْبٍ مِنَ ٱللّٰهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَإِنْ تُبْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ رُءُوسُ أَمْوَالِكُمْ لَا تَظْلِمُونَ وَلَا تُظْلَمُونَ
      fa-ʔin lam tafʕalū fa-ʔḏanū bi-ḥarbin mina llāhī wa-rasūlihī wa-ʔin tubtum fa-la-kum ruʔūsu ʔamwāli-kum lā taẓlimūna wa-lā tuẓlamūna
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