جِزْيَةٌ
Root: جزى
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جِزْيَةٌ
The tax that is taken from the free nonMuslim subjects of a Muslim government; whereby they ratify the compact that ensures them protection: [from جَزَى;] as though it were a compensation for their not being slain: [or from the Persian گِزْيَهْ:] and also,
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