The story
Unadapted borrowing from Arabic ذِمَّة (ḏimma, “protection, custody”), from ذَمَّ (ḏamma, “to blame”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
dhimma
Today it means: A form of social contract in a state under sharia law granting special status to all or certain non-Muslim subjects, providing rights of residence in return for taxes. Full definition →