صدقه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَدَقَة (ṣadaqa).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /sa.da.ˈqa/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säd̪.qá], [sä.d̪ä.qá]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [säd̪.qá], [sä.d̪ä.qá]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [säd̪.qá], [sä.d̪ä.qá]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæ.d̪æ.ʁé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sä.d̪ä.qá]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sadaqa
Dari reading^?	sadqa, sadaqa
Iranian reading^?	sadaġe
Tajik reading^?	sadaqa

Noun

صدقه • (sadaqa / sadaġe) (plural صدقات (sadaqāt / sadaġât), or صدقه‌ها (sadaqa-hā / sadaġe-hâ), Tajik spelling садақа)

(Islam) Sadaqah
Coordinate term: زکات (zakāt / zakât)
alms, charity

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: sədəqə
→ Bengali: সদকা (sôdka)
→ Chagatai: صدقه (ṣdqh /⁠sadäqä, sädäqä⁠/)
- Uyghur: سەدىقە (sediqe)
- Uzbek: sadaqa
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: सदक़ा (sadqā)

Urdu: صَدْقَہ (sadqa)
→ Kazakh: садақа (sadaqa)

See also

Persian terms derived from the Arabic root ص د ق (0 c, 5 e)

Further reading

Bulkin, Carleton (2012), “صدقه”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN
Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “صدقه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim