Etymology

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Today it means: The Islamic practice of farming out tax revenues yielded by land granted temporarily to army officials in place of a regular wage. Full definition →

Arabic إقْطَاع
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromإقْطَاع
  2. English todayiqta

From Arabic إقْطَاع (ʔiqṭāʕ).

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