Zakat (noun)
zak-at
(Arabic) a tax, comprising percentages of personal income of every kind, levied as almsgiving for the relief of poor people: the third of the Pillars of Islam.
First recorded in 1800–05; from Turkish zekât or Persian zakāt, from Arabic zakāh
Example sentences
“The other pillars are the profession of faith, prayer five times a day, zakat – a form of charity, and making the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca once in their lifetime.”
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