diyya

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noun

A financial compensation paid, under sharia law, to the victim or their heirs in cases of homicide, bodily harm, or property damage (in some cases the victim side must accept this payment, while in others it can insist on talion instead).

OriginArabic دِيَة →
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Meanings

noundiyya (countable and uncountable, plural diyat)

plural diyat · alternative diya · alternative diyah · alternative diyeh · alternative diyyah

  1. countableuncountableIslamA financial compensation paid, under sharia law, to the victim or their heirs in cases of homicide, bodily harm, or property damage (in some cases the victim side must accept this payment, while in others it can insist on talion instead).

Origin

  1. Arabicدِيَة
  2. Englishdiyya

From Arabic دِيَة (diya).

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Chicago

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