جزیه

Borrowed from Arabic جِزْيَة (jizya, “jizya”).

جزیه • (cizye)

1. (Islam) jizya, a per capita tax levied on a section of an Islamic state's non-Muslim citizens

   Synonym: خراج (harac)

• Turkish: cizye

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cizye”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 828
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From Arabic جِزْيَة (jizya), from Middle Persian 𐭢𐭦𐭩𐭲𐭪𐭩 (gzytky /⁠gazīdag⁠/), 𐭢𐭦𐭩𐭲 (gzyt /⁠gazīd⁠/, “poll tax”), or from Arabic ج ز ي (j z y); compare جَزَى (jazā, “to repay”). At least a semantic loan from Middle Persian. Compare the inherited گزیت (gazit).

جزیه • (jezye) (plural جزیه‌ها (jezye-hâ))

1. jizya, tax paid by non-Muslims
2. head tax
3. customs tax
4. land tax
5. produce of the ground

• جزیه‌خانه (jezye-xâne)