The Arabic root of Dhimmitude: Difference between revisions
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protection, care, custody; covenant of protection, compact; responsibility, answerableness; financial obligation, liability, debt; inviolability, security of life and property; safeguard, guarantee, security; conscience. | protection, care, custody; covenant of protection, compact; responsibility, answerableness; financial obligation, liability, debt; inviolability, security of life and property; safeguard, guarantee, security; conscience. | ||
Definition of “dimmi” | |||
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a zimmi, a free non-Muslim subject living in a Muslim country (see dimma) | a zimmi, a free non-Muslim subject living in a Muslim country (see dimma) | ||
Revision as of 17:39, 20 April 2016
damma
to blame, find blameworthy, dispraise, criticise, to rebuke, censure sharply
dimma
protection, care, custody; covenant of protection, compact; responsibility, answerableness; financial obligation, liability, debt; inviolability, security of life and property; safeguard, guarantee, security; conscience. Definition of “dimmi”
a zimmi, a free non-Muslim subject living in a Muslim country (see dimma)
These definition are scanned from pages 360 & 361 of Arabic-English Dictionary: The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic 4th Edition by Hans Wehr
