jizyah

or jiz·ya

[ jiz-yuh ]

noun

, Islam.

1. the poll tax formerly paid by minority religious groups within the Muslim empire.

Word History and Origins

Origin of jizyah¹

From Arabic

Example Sentences

My companions were in the highest spirits, nothing interfered with the general joy, but the villain Abtidon, who loudly boasted in a road crowded with market people, that the mule which he was riding had been given to us by the Amir as a Jizyah or tribute.

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