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(Islam) A per capita tax levied on a section of an Islamic state's non-Muslim citizens, who meet certain criteria.
From Arabic جزية (jizya(t)), from Persian گزید (gazīd), گزیت (gazīt, “poll-tax”), from Middle Persian (gazīd), (gazīdag, “poll-tax”), from Aramaic.
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