The Arabic root of Dhimmitude
From WMDRock Library
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.
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
