ज़कात

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian زکات (zakāt), from Arabic زَكَاة (zakāh), from Classical Arabic زَكَوٰة (zakāh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /zə.kɑːt̪/, [zɐ.käːt̪], /d͡ʒə.kɑːt̪/, [d͡ʒɐ.käːt̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

ज़कात • (zakāt) f (Urdu spelling زکات)

1. (Islam) zakat

Declension

Declension of ज़कात (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ज़कात zakāt	ज़कातें zakātẽ
oblique	ज़कात zakāt	ज़कातों zakātõ
vocative	ज़कात zakāt	ज़कातो zakāto

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “zakat”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press