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khiraj

khiraj is the alternative form of kharaj.

Meaning of kharaj

Noun

kharaj (uncountable)

  1. A kind of individual Islamic tax on agricultural land and its produce.
  2. (historical) A lump sum duty levied by Muslims upon the lands of conquered provinces.
  3. (historical) A land tax levied by Muslim rulers on non-Muslim subjects or dhimmis.
    Synonyms:
    jizya

Questions about khiraj

What is khiraj the alternative form of?
Khiraj is the alternative form of kharaj.

Words near khiraj in the dictionary

  1. Khins
  2. Khios
  3. khipu
  4. khipus
  5. khir
  6. khiraj
  7. khirbat
  8. khirbats
  9. Khirghiz
  10. Khirghizstan
  11. khirgisuur

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Adapted from Wiktionary: khiraj (page history and authors); kharaj (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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