khums

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Shi'ite tax of one-fifth of various profits (e.g. one's surplus income, or business profits).
noun
  1. plural of khum.

Word forms

khums

Etymology

From Arabic خُمْس (ḵums, “fifth”).

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