jizya

English

Alternative forms

• jeziah, jezya, jezyah, jizyah
• zajiya (India)

Etymology

From Arabic جِزْيَة (jizya), from Middle Persian 𐭢𐭦𐭩𐭲 (gzyt /⁠gazīd⁠/), 𐭢𐭦𐭩𐭲𐭪𐭩 (gzytky /⁠gazīdag⁠/, “poll-tax”).

Noun

jizya (usually uncountable, plural jizyas)

1. (Islam, historical) A per capita tax levied on a section of an Islamic state's non-Muslim citizens, who meet certain criteria.

   Synonym: kharaj

   • 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 122:

     Ending jizya lifted a real burden on the poor, and promised, at least symbolically, a greater equality between the followers of different faiths.

Translations

per capita tax

• Arabic: جِزْيَة (jizya)
• Armenian: ջիզիե (ǰizie), ջիզյա (ǰizya)
• Azerbaijani: cizyə
• Bengali: জিজিয়া (bn) (jijiẏa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吉茲亞／吉兹亚 (jízīyà), 吉茲亞稅／吉兹亚税 (jízīyà shuì)

• Dutch: djizja f
• German: Dschisja f, Dschizya f
• Indonesian: jizyah (id)
• Macedonian: џи́зија f (džízija)
• Middle Persian: 𐭢𐭦𐭩𐭲 (gazīd), 𐭢𐭦𐭩𐭲𐭪𐭩 (gazīdag)
• Ngazidja Comorian: djiziya class 9
• Ottoman Turkish: جزیه (cizye), خراج (harac)
• Persian: گزیت (fa) (gazit), گزید (gazid)
• Polish: dżizja (pl) f
• Russian: джи́зья (ru) (džízʹja)
• Swedish: jizya
• Turkish: cizye (tr), kafa vergisi