صدقة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ص د ق (ṣ-d-q).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˁa.da.qa/

Noun

صَدَقَة (ṣadaqa) f (plural صَدَقَات (ṣadaqāt))

  1. alms; charitable gift; charity

Declension

Descendants

  • Persian: صدقه (sadaqe)
    • Azerbaijani: sədəqə
    • Indonesian: sedekah
    • Kazakh: садақа (sadaqa)
    • Malay: sedekah
    • Turkish: sadaka
  • Swahili: sadaka

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), صدق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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