صدقة

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic צְדַקְתָּא (ṣǝḏaqtā), from the root equalling the Arabic root ص د ق (ṣ d q). Cognate to Hebrew צְדָקָה (ṣədāqā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sˤa.da.qa/

Noun

صَدَقَة • (ṣadaqa) f (dual صَدَقَتَانِ (ṣadaqatāni), plural صَدَقَات (ṣadaqāt))

alms; charitable gift; charity

Declension

Declension of noun **صَدَقَة** (ṣadaqa)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	صَدَقَة ṣadaqa	الصَّدَقَة aṣ-ṣadaqa	صَدَقَة ṣadaqat
nominative	صَدَقَةٌ ṣadaqatun	الصَّدَقَةُ aṣ-ṣadaqatu	صَدَقَةُ ṣadaqatu
accusative	صَدَقَةً ṣadaqatan	الصَّدَقَةَ aṣ-ṣadaqata	صَدَقَةَ ṣadaqata
genitive	صَدَقَةٍ ṣadaqatin	الصَّدَقَةِ aṣ-ṣadaqati	صَدَقَةِ ṣadaqati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	صَدَقَتَيْن ṣadaqatayn	الصَّدَقَتَيْن aṣ-ṣadaqatayn	صَدَقَتَيْ ṣadaqatay
nominative	صَدَقَتَانِ ṣadaqatāni	الصَّدَقَتَانِ aṣ-ṣadaqatāni	صَدَقَتَا ṣadaqatā
accusative	صَدَقَتَيْنِ ṣadaqatayni	الصَّدَقَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣadaqatayni	صَدَقَتَيْ ṣadaqatay
genitive	صَدَقَتَيْنِ ṣadaqatayni	الصَّدَقَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣadaqatayni	صَدَقَتَيْ ṣadaqatay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	صَدَقَات ṣadaqāt	الصَّدَقَات aṣ-ṣadaqāt	صَدَقَات ṣadaqāt
nominative	صَدَقَاتٌ ṣadaqātun	الصَّدَقَاتُ aṣ-ṣadaqātu	صَدَقَاتُ ṣadaqātu
accusative	صَدَقَاتٍ ṣadaqātin	الصَّدَقَاتِ aṣ-ṣadaqāti	صَدَقَاتِ ṣadaqāti
genitive	صَدَقَاتٍ ṣadaqātin	الصَّدَقَاتِ aṣ-ṣadaqāti	صَدَقَاتِ ṣadaqāti

Descendants

Hausa: sadaka
- Yoruba: sàráà
Persian: صدقه (sadaqe)
- → Urdu: صدقہ
- → Bengali: সদকা (sôdka)
- Azerbaijani: sədəqə
- Indonesian: sedekah
- Kazakh: садақа (sadaqa)
- Malay: sedekah
Ottoman Turkish: صدقه (sadaka)
- Turkish: sadaka
→ Swahili: sadaka
→ Serbo-Croatian: sadaka
→ Turkmen: sadaka
→ Uyghur: سەدىقە (sediqe)
→ Uzbek: sadaqa

Noun

صَدُقَة • (ṣaduqa) f (dual صَدُقَتَانِ (ṣaduqatāni), plural صَدُقَات (ṣaduqāt))

dowry
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:4:
  وَآتُوا ٱلنِّسَاءَ صَدُقَاتِهِنَّ نِحْلَةً
  waʔātū n-nisāʔa ṣaduqātihinna niḥlatan
  And give unto the women (whom ye marry) free gift of their marriage portions (Pickthall)

Declension

Declension of noun **صَدُقَة** (ṣaduqa)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	صَدُقَة ṣaduqa	الصَّدُقَة aṣ-ṣaduqa	صَدُقَة ṣaduqat
nominative	صَدُقَةٌ ṣaduqatun	الصَّدُقَةُ aṣ-ṣaduqatu	صَدُقَةُ ṣaduqatu
accusative	صَدُقَةً ṣaduqatan	الصَّدُقَةَ aṣ-ṣaduqata	صَدُقَةَ ṣaduqata
genitive	صَدُقَةٍ ṣaduqatin	الصَّدُقَةِ aṣ-ṣaduqati	صَدُقَةِ ṣaduqati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	صَدُقَتَيْن ṣaduqatayn	الصَّدُقَتَيْن aṣ-ṣaduqatayn	صَدُقَتَيْ ṣaduqatay
nominative	صَدُقَتَانِ ṣaduqatāni	الصَّدُقَتَانِ aṣ-ṣaduqatāni	صَدُقَتَا ṣaduqatā
accusative	صَدُقَتَيْنِ ṣaduqatayni	الصَّدُقَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣaduqatayni	صَدُقَتَيْ ṣaduqatay
genitive	صَدُقَتَيْنِ ṣaduqatayni	الصَّدُقَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣaduqatayni	صَدُقَتَيْ ṣaduqatay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	صَدُقَات ṣaduqāt	الصَّدُقَات aṣ-ṣaduqāt	صَدُقَات ṣaduqāt
nominative	صَدُقَاتٌ ṣaduqātun	الصَّدُقَاتُ aṣ-ṣaduqātu	صَدُقَاتُ ṣaduqātu
accusative	صَدُقَاتٍ ṣaduqātin	الصَّدُقَاتِ aṣ-ṣaduqāti	صَدُقَاتِ ṣaduqāti
genitive	صَدُقَاتٍ ṣaduqātin	الصَّدُقَاتِ aṣ-ṣaduqāti	صَدُقَاتِ ṣaduqāti

References

Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎^[1] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, →DOI, page 20
Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 194
Rudolph, Wilhelm (1922) Die Abhängigkeit des Qorans von Judentum und Christentum (in German), Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, pages 60–61
Torrey, Charles Cutler (1933) The Jewish foundation of Islam‎^[2], New York: Jewish Institute of Religion Press – Bloch Publishing Co., Agents, page 141
Wehr, Hans (1979) “صدق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN