almsgiving

English

Etymology

From alms +‎ giving.

Noun

almsgiving (countable and uncountable, plural almsgivings)

The act of voluntarily giving alms, of making donations to the poor, charity.

Translations

the act of voluntarily giving alms

Arabic: ^{(please verify)} زكاة‎ (zakat)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 救濟 (zh), 救济 (zh) (jiùjì), 施捨 (zh), 施舍 (zh) (shīshě)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: almujen antaminen
Galician: esmola f
Ido: almono (io)

Irish: almsóireacht f
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Persian: ^{(please verify)} زکات‎ (fa) (zakat)
Portuguese: esmola (pt) f
Thai: please add this translation if you can

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