zakat
noun/zəˈkɑːt/
/zəˈkɑːt/
[uncountable]- the act of giving money to the poor that Muslims are required to do each year as part of their faith, one of the Five Pillars of IslamTopics Religion and festivalsc2Word OriginVia Persian and Urdu from Arabic zakā(t) ‘almsgiving’.
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