زکوۃ
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Urdu
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Arabic زَكَوٰة (zakawā), specifically Classical Arabic.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zə.kɑːt̪/
- Rhymes: -ɑːt̪
- Hyphenation: زَ‧کات
Noun
زکوٰۃ • (zakát) f (Hindi spelling ज़कात) (indeclinable)
- alms, charity
- (Islam) Almsgiving; zakat, one of the five pillars of Islam.
Further reading
- “زکواۃ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “زَکوٰۃ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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