dhimmi

From French dhimmi, from Arabic ذِمِّيّ (ḏimmiyy, “a dhimmi”), from ذِمَّة (ḏimma, “protection, custody”).

• (anglicized) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪmi/; (emulating Arabic) IPA^(key): /ˈðɪm.(m)iː/

dhimmi (plural dhimmis)

1. (Islam, chiefly historical) A protected and specially taxed non-Muslim subject of a state governed under dhimma, a form of social contract, in accordance with sharia law.
2. (derogatory, offensive) A non-Muslim characterized by a conciliatory stance towards Islam, abstaining from articulating opposing beliefs and refraining from criticizing the religion.

   Synonym: dhimwit

   • 2010 August 28, cpgncusa, Urban Dictionary‎^[1]:

     Mayor Broomberg is a dhimmi for allowing the mosque at groundzero

   • 2010 November 5, B. Warner, The Islamic Doctrine of Women (Taste of Islam series)‎^[2], CSPI, LLC, →ISBN:

     Dhimmis do not believe that Mohammed was a prophet, but they never say anything that would displease a Muslim. Dhimmis never offend Islam and condemn any analysis that is critical of Islam as being biased.

   • 2024 June 4, u/ConcentrateAlone1959, Reddit‎^[3]:

     Dhimmis Voice for Peace isn't an organization you can debate with or reason with. If your response to a genocide (and yes, I absolutely see 10/7 as a genocide) is 'well it didn't happen in a vaccum', you are beyond reasoning with and beyond any sense of reality.

• zhimmi, zimme, zimmi

• jizya
• harbi

• “dhimmi”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.