جِزْيَةٌ

The tax that is taken from the free nonMuslim subjects of a Muslim government; (S, IAth, Mgh,* Msb, K;) whereby they ratify the compact that ensures them protection: (IAth:) [from جَزَى;] as though it were a compensation for their not being slain: (IAth, Mgh:) [or from the Persian Gِزْيَهْ:] and also, (metaphorically, Mgh,) (tropical:) a land-tax; (Mgh, K;) a tax that is paid by the owner of land: (TA:) plural جِزًى (S,) or ↓جِزْىٌ, (Msb,) or both, (K,) [but the latter is, properly speaking, a coll. gen. n.,] and جِزَاءٌ, (K, [in the CK, erroneously, جَزاءٌ,]) like كِتَابٌ. (TA.)