Associations to the word «Zakat»

Wiktionary

ZAKAT, noun. (Islam) Almsgiving, one of the five pillars of Islam.

Dictionary definition

ZAKAT, noun. The fourth pillar of Islam is almsgiving as an act of worship; "the zakat is earmarked for the poor and disabled".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats