Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diyya

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: diyya
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A financial compensation paid, under sharia law, to the victim or their heirs in cases of homicide, bodily harm, or property damage (in some cases the victim side must accept this payment, while in others it can insist on talion instead).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Arabic دِيَة (diya).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: دِيَة, و د ي

Usage

Inflected Forms

diyat (plural) diya (alternative) diyah (alternative) diyeh (alternative) diyyah (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does diyya mean?: A financial compensation paid, under sharia law, to the victim or their heirs in cases of homicide, bodily harm, or property damage (in some cases the victim side must accept this payment, while in others it can insist on talion instead).
Where does diyya come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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