Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

دِيَةٌ

Root: ودى

Full Definition

دِيَةٌ Bloodwit; a fine for bloodshed, i. e., homicide; consisting of a hundred camels.
2 دِيَاتُ جِرَاحَاتٍ [Fines for wounds]. (S, M, TA, &c., in art. شنق.)


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