Etymology

qisas

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Today it means: Under sharia law, the principle of retaliation in kind, or retributive justice. Full definition →

Arabic قِصَاص
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromقِصَاص
  2. English todayqisas

From Arabic قِصَاص (qiṣāṣ).

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