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diyat

diyat is the plural of diyya.

Meaning of diyya

Noun

diyya (countable and uncountable, plural diyat)

  1. 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).

Questions about diyat

What is diyat the plural of?
Diyat is the plural of diyya.

Words near diyat in the dictionary

  1. Diyala
  2. Diyarbakir
  3. Diyarbakır
  4. Diyari
  5. diyas
  6. diyat
  7. DIYed
  8. diyeh
  9. DIYer
  10. DIYers
  11. DIYing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: diyat (page history and authors); diyya (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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