Meanings
plural jizyas · alternative jeziah · alternative jezya · alternative jezyah · alternative jizyah · alternative zajiya
- historicaluncountableusuallyIslamA per capita tax levied on a section of an Islamic state's non-Muslim citizens who meet certain criteria.
Ending jizya lifted a real burden on the poor, and promised, at least symbolically, a greater equality between the followers of different faiths.
2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 122Synonyms: kharaj
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA per capita tax levied on a section of an Islamic state's non-Muslim citizens who meet certain criteria.
Origin
- Middle Persian𐭢𐭦𐭩𐭲
- Arabicجِزْيَة
- Englishjizya
From Arabic جِزْيَة (jizya), from Middle Persian 𐭢𐭦𐭩𐭲 (gzyt /gazīd/), 𐭢𐭦𐭩𐭲𐭪𐭩 (gzytky /gazīdag/, “poll-tax”).
More words from Arabic, Middle Persian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic جِزْيَة
- جِزْيَة (jizya)per capita tax
Bengali জিজিয়া
- জিজিয়া (jijiẏa)per capita tax
Chinese Mandarin 吉茲亞 /吉兹亚, 吉茲亞稅 /吉兹亚税
- 吉茲亞 /吉兹亚 (jízīyà)per capita tax
- 吉茲亞稅 /吉兹亚税 (jízīyà shuì)per capita tax
Dutch djizja
- djizjaper capita tax
German Dschisja, Dschizya
- Dschisjaper capita tax
- Dschizyaper capita tax
Indonesian jizyah
- jizyahper capita tax
Persian گزیت, گزید
- گزیت (gazit)per capita tax
- گزید (gazid)per capita tax
Polish dżizja
- dżizjaper capita tax
Russian джи́зья
- джи́зья (džízʹja)per capita tax
Swahili jizia
- jiziaper capita tax
Swedish jizya
- jizyaper capita tax
Turkish cizye, kafa vergisi
- cizyeper capita tax
- kafa vergisiper capita tax
Cite this entry
jizya. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jizya
“jizya.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jizya. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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