"alms" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɑːmz/ [UK], /ɑmz/ [US], /ɑlmz/ [US], /æmz/ [US] Audio: en-us-alms.ogg Forms: alms [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːmz, -ɑːlmz Etymology: From Middle English almes, almesse, ælmesse, from Old English ælmesse, from Proto-West Germanic *alemōsinā, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *alemosyna, from Late Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), from ἐλεέω (eleéō, “I have mercy”), from ἔλεος (éleos, “mercy”). Compare Saterland Frisian Aalmoose (“alms”), Dutch aalmoes (“alms”), German Almosen (“alms”), Portuguese esmola (“alms”), Galician esmola (“alms”), Spanish limosna (“alms”), French aumône (“alms”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*-tus}}, {{inh|en|enm|almes}} Middle English almes, {{inh|en|ang|ælmesse}} Old English ælmesse, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*alemōsinā}} Proto-West Germanic *alemōsinā, {{der|en|VL.|*alemosyna}} Vulgar Latin *alemosyna, {{der|en|LL.|eleēmosyna}} Late Latin eleēmosyna, {{der|en|grc|ἐλεημοσύνη||alms}} Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), {{cog|stq|Aalmoose||alms}} Saterland Frisian Aalmoose (“alms”), {{cog|nl|aalmoes||alms}} Dutch aalmoes (“alms”), {{cog|de|Almosen||alms}} German Almosen (“alms”), {{cog|pt|esmola||alms}} Portuguese esmola (“alms”), {{cog|gl|esmola||alms}} Galician esmola (“alms”), {{cog|es|limosna||alms}} Spanish limosna (“alms”), {{cog|fr|aumône||alms}} French aumône (“alms”) Head templates: {{en-noun|alms}} alms (plural alms)
  1. Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food. Wikipedia link: en:alms Related terms: eleemosynary Translations (something given to the poor as charity): aalmoes (Afrikaans), lëmoshë [feminine] (Albanian), ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), صَدَقَة (ṣadaqa) [feminine] (Arabic), خَيْر (ḵayr) [masculine] (Arabic), ողորմություն (oġormutʻyun) (Armenian), sədəqə (Azerbaijani), хәйер (xəyer) (Bashkir), саҙаҡа (saźaqa) (Bashkir), мі́ласціна (mílascina) [feminine] (Belarusian), ভিক্ষা (bhikkha) (Bengali), খয়রাত (khoẏorat) (Bengali), সদকা (śodoka) (Bengali), ভিখ (bhikh) (Bengali), милости́ня (milostínja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ဒါန (dana.) (Burmese), almoina [feminine] (Catalan), sadaka (Chichewa), 施捨 (Chinese Mandarin), 施舍 (shīshě) (Chinese Mandarin), 施捨物 (Chinese Mandarin), 施舍物 (shīshěwù) (Chinese Mandarin), 救濟金 (Chinese Mandarin), 救济金 (jiùjìjīn) (Chinese Mandarin), милостꙑн҄и (milostynʹi) [Cyrillic, feminine] (Church Slavic), alusennow [feminine, plural] (Cornish), almužna [feminine] (Czech), almisse [common-gender] (Danish), aalmoes [feminine] (Dutch), སྦྱིན་པ (sbyin pa) (Dzongkha), limòśna [feminine] (Emilian), almozo (Esperanto), almus (Estonian), almu (Finnish), aumône [feminine] (French), esmola [feminine] (Galician), მოწყალება (moc̣q̇aleba) (Georgian), Almosen [neuter] (German), 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐌹𐌸𐌰 (armahairtiþa) [feminine] (Gothic), 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍉 (armaiō) [feminine] (Gothic), ελεημοσύνη (eleïmosýni) [feminine] (Greek), ભીખ (bhīkh) [feminine] (Gujarati), aa’ms (Gullah), צְדָקָה (ts'daká) [feminine] (Hebrew), दान (dān) [masculine] (Hindi), ख़ैरात (xairāt) [plural] (Hindi), भिक्षा (bhikṣā) [feminine] (Hindi), भीख (bhīkh) [feminine] (Hindi), alamizsna (Hungarian), ölmusa [feminine] (Icelandic), almono (Ido), sedekah (Indonesian), infak (Indonesian), sumbangan (Indonesian), almsa [feminine] (Irish), déirc [feminine] (Irish), foighe [feminine] (Irish), oirchiseacht [feminine] (Irish), elemosina [feminine] (Italian), 施し物 (hodokoshimono) (alt: ほどこしもの) (Japanese), 施し (hodokoshi) (alt: ほどこし) (Japanese), садақа (sadaqa) (Kazakh), қайыр (qaiyr) (Kazakh), зекет (zeket) (Kazakh), ទាន (tiən) (Khmer), 구호금 (guhogeum) (Korean), 의연금 (uiyeon'geum) (Korean), садага (sadaga) (Kyrgyz), кайыр (kayır) (Kyrgyz), зекет (zeket) (Kyrgyz), ຂອງທານ (khǭng thān) (Lao), ຂອງໄຫ້ທານ (khǭng hai thān) (Lao), ທານ (thān) (Lao), stips [masculine] (Latin), eleēmosyna [feminine] (Latin), dāvanas [masculine] (Latvian), išmalda [feminine] (Lithuanian), милостина (milostina) [feminine] (Macedonian), sedekah (Malay), limosja [feminine] (Maltese), moni aroha (Maori), koha aroha (Maori), भीक (bhīk) [feminine] (Marathi), өглөг (öglög) (Mongolian), хандив (xandiv) (Mongolian), दान (dān) (Nepali), भिख (bhikh) (Nepali), almisse [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), almisse [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), 𑘥𑘲𑘎 (bhīka) (Old Marathi), bhikkhā (english: specifically food given as alms) [feminine] (Pali), dāna [neuter] (Pali), bhikkhā [feminine] (Pali), صدقه (sadaqá) [feminine] (Pashto), خير (xayr) [masculine] (Pashto), صدقه (sadaqe) (Persian), تسک (task) (Persian), خیر (xeyr) (Persian), jałmużna [feminine] (Polish), esmola [feminine] (Portuguese), 𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 (bhikkhā) [feminine] (Prakrit), 𑀪𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸 (bhicchā) [feminine] (Prakrit), ਭਿੱਖ (bhikkha) [feminine] (Punjabi), بھِکّھ (bhikkh) [feminine] (Punjabi), t'itu (Quechua), pomană [feminine] (Romanian), milostenie [feminine] (Romanian), ми́лостыня (mílostynja) [feminine] (Russian), подая́ние (podajánije) [neuter] (Russian), भिक्षा (bhikṣā) [feminine] (Sanskrit), दान (dāna) [neuter] (Sanskrit), aumous (Scots), мило̀стиња [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), milòstinja [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), almužna [feminine] (Slovak), milodar [masculine] (Slovak), miloščina [feminine] (Slovene), limosna [feminine] (Spanish), caridad [feminine] (Spanish), sadaka (Swahili), allmosa [common-gender] (Swedish), limos (Tagalog), садақа (sadaqa) (Tajik), хайр (xayr) (english: charity) (Tajik), அளி (aḷi) (Tamil), сәдака (sädaqa) (Tatar), ทาน (taan) (Thai), ไทยทาน (Thai), སྦྱིན་པ (sbyin pa) (Tibetan), pintwāt (Tocharian B), yāṣṣu (Tocharian B), sadaka (Turkish), zekât (Turkish), sadaka (Turkmen), haýyr (Turkmen), ми́лостиня (mýlostynja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), صدقہ (sadaqa) [feminine] (Urdu), خیرات (xairāt) [plural] (Urdu), بِھیک (bhīk) [feminine] (Urdu), سەدىقە (sediqe) (Uyghur), sadaqa (Uzbek), xayr (Uzbek), của bố thí (Vietnamese), chẩn (Vietnamese), צדקה (tsedoke) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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        {
          "word": "almsdeed"
        },
        {
          "word": "alms-deed"
        },
        {
          "word": "alms-fee"
        },
        {
          "word": "alms-folk"
        },
        {
          "word": "almsfolk"
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        {
          "word": "almsful"
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        {
          "word": "almsgate"
        },
        {
          "word": "almsgift"
        },
        {
          "word": "almsgiver"
        },
        {
          "word": "almsgiving"
        },
        {
          "word": "almshouse"
        },
        {
          "word": "almsland"
        },
        {
          "word": "almsless"
        },
        {
          "word": "almsman"
        },
        {
          "word": "alms penny"
        },
        {
          "word": "almsroom"
        },
        {
          "word": "alms tub"
        },
        {
          "word": "almswoman"
        },
        {
          "word": "plough-alms"
        },
        {
          "word": "unalmsed"
        }
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          "text": "She gave $10 weekly to the poor as alms."
        },
        {
          "text": "Alms are distributed from the weekly collection for the purpose."
        },
        {
          "text": "c. 1779, Alban Butler, Lives of the Saints\nSt. Antoninus never refused an alms which was asked in the name of God."
        }
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      "id": "en-alms-en-noun-1dpnjUNm",
      "links": [
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ],
        [
          "charity",
          "charity"
        ],
        [
          "money",
          "money"
        ]
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "eleemosynary"
        }
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          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "aalmoes"
        },
        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lëmoshë"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ṣadaqa",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "صَدَقَة"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḵayr",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "خَيْر"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "oġormutʻyun",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "ողորմություն"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "sədəqə"
        },
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          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "xəyer",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "хәйер"
        },
        {
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "saźaqa",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "саҙаҡа"
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        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "mílascina",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "мі́ласціна"
        },
        {
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "bhikkha",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "ভিক্ষা"
        },
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "khoẏorat",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "খয়রাত"
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        {
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "śodoka",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "সদকা"
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          "roman": "bhikh",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "ভিখ"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "milostínja",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "милости́ня"
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          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "dana.",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "ဒါန"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "almoina"
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        {
          "code": "ny",
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          "word": "sadaka"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "施捨"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shīshě",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "施舍"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "施捨物"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "shīshěwù",
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          "word": "施舍物"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "救濟金"
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          "word": "救济金"
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          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "alusennow"
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          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "almužna"
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          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "almisse"
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          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "aalmoes"
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          "code": "dz",
          "lang": "Dzongkha",
          "roman": "sbyin pa",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "སྦྱིན་པ"
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          "code": "egl",
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          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "limòśna"
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          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "almozo"
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        {
          "code": "et",
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          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "almus"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "almu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aumône"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "esmola"
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "moc̣q̇aleba",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "მოწყალება"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Almosen"
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        {
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "armahairtiþa",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐌹𐌸𐌰"
        },
        {
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "armaiō",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍉"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "eleïmosýni",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ελεημοσύνη"
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          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ἐλεημοσύνη"
        },
        {
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "bhīkh",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ભીખ"
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        {
          "code": "gul",
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          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "aa’ms"
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        {
          "code": "he",
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          "roman": "ts'daká",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "צְדָקָה"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
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          "roman": "dān",
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          "word": "दान"
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "alamizsna"
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          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ölmusa"
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          "code": "io",
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          "word": "almono"
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        {
          "code": "id",
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          "word": "sedekah"
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        {
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          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "infak"
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        {
          "code": "id",
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          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "sumbangan"
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "almsa"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "déirc"
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "foighe"
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        {
          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "oirchiseacht"
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        {
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "elemosina"
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          "alt": "ほどこしもの",
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          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "施し物"
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          "word": "施し"
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          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "садақа"
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          "roman": "tiən",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "ទាន"
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          "roman": "guhogeum",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "구호금"
        },
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          "roman": "uiyeon'geum",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "의연금"
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          "word": "садага"
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          "roman": "khǭng thān",
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          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "ທານ"
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "išmalda"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "milostina",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "милостина"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "sedekah"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "limosja"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "moni aroha"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "koha aroha"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "bhīk",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "भीक"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "öglög",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "өглөг"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "xandiv",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "хандив"
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        {
          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "dān",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "दान"
        },
        {
          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "bhikh",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "भिख"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "almisse"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "almisse"
        },
        {
          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Church Slavic",
          "roman": "milostynʹi",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "милостꙑн҄и"
        },
        {
          "code": "omr",
          "lang": "Old Marathi",
          "roman": "bhīka",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "𑘥𑘲𑘎"
        },
        {
          "code": "pi",
          "english": "specifically food given as alms",
          "lang": "Pali",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bhikkhā"
        },
        {
          "code": "pi",
          "lang": "Pali",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "dāna"
        },
        {
          "code": "pi",
          "lang": "Pali",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bhikkhā"
        },
        {
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "sadaqá",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "صدقه"
        },
        {
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "xayr",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "خير"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sadaqe",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "صدقه"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "task",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "تسک"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xeyr",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "خیر"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "jałmużna"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "esmola"
        },
        {
          "code": "inc-pra",
          "lang": "Prakrit",
          "roman": "bhikkhā",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸"
        },
        {
          "code": "inc-pra",
          "lang": "Prakrit",
          "roman": "bhicchā",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "𑀪𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "bhikkha",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ਭਿੱਖ"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "bhikkh",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "بھِکّھ"
        },
        {
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "t'itu"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pomană"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "milostenie"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mílostynja",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ми́лостыня"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podajánije",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "подая́ние"
        },
        {
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "bhikṣā",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "भिक्षा"
        },
        {
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "dāna",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "दान"
        },
        {
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "aumous"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "мило̀стиња"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "milòstinja"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "almužna"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "milodar"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "miloščina"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "limosna"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "caridad"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "sadaka"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "allmosa"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "limos"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "sadaqa",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "садақа"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "english": "charity",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "xayr",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "хайр"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "aḷi",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "அளி"
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        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "sädaqa",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "сәдака"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "taan",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "ทาน"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "ไทยทาน"
        },
        {
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "sbyin pa",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "སྦྱིན་པ"
        },
        {
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "pintwāt"
        },
        {
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "yāṣṣu"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "sadaka"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "zekât"
        },
        {
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "sadaka"
        },
        {
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "haýyr"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "mýlostynja",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ми́лостиня"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "sadaqa",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "صدقہ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "xairāt",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "خیرات"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "bhīk",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "بِھیک"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "sediqe",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "سەدىقە"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "sadaqa"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "xayr"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "của bố thí"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "word": "chẩn"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "tsedoke",
          "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "צדקה"
        }
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      "word": "almsdeed"
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    {
      "word": "alms-deed"
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      "word": "alms-fee"
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      "word": "alms-folk"
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      "word": "almshouse"
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      "word": "almsland"
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      "word": "almsless"
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    {
      "word": "almsman"
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    {
      "word": "alms penny"
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    {
      "word": "almsroom"
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    {
      "word": "alms tub"
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      "word": "almswoman"
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        "Urdu terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Urdu terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She gave $10 weekly to the poor as alms."
        },
        {
          "text": "Alms are distributed from the weekly collection for the purpose."
        },
        {
          "text": "c. 1779, Alban Butler, Lives of the Saints\nSt. Antoninus never refused an alms which was asked in the name of God."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ],
        [
          "charity",
          "charity"
        ],
        [
          "money",
          "money"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "en:alms"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑːmz/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑmz/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑlmz/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/æmz/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːmz"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːlmz"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "arms (most non-rhotic accents)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-alms.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/50/En-us-alms.ogg/En-us-alms.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/En-us-alms.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "aalmoes"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lëmoshë"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣadaqa",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "صَدَقَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵayr",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "خَيْر"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "oġormutʻyun",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "ողորմություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "sədəqə"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "xəyer",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "хәйер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "saźaqa",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "саҙаҡа"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "mílascina",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мі́ласціна"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "bhikkha",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "ভিক্ষা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "khoẏorat",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "খয়রাত"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "śodoka",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "সদকা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "bhikh",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "ভিখ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "milostínja",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "милости́ня"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "dana.",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "ဒါန"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "almoina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ny",
      "lang": "Chichewa",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "sadaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "施捨"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shīshě",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "施舍"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "施捨物"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shīshěwù",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "施舍物"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "救濟金"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiùjìjīn",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "救济金"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "alusennow"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "almužna"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "almisse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aalmoes"
    },
    {
      "code": "dz",
      "lang": "Dzongkha",
      "roman": "sbyin pa",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "སྦྱིན་པ"
    },
    {
      "code": "egl",
      "lang": "Emilian",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limòśna"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "almozo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "almus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "almu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aumône"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esmola"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "moc̣q̇aleba",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "მოწყალება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Almosen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "armahairtiþa",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐌹𐌸𐌰"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "armaiō",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍉"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "eleïmosýni",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ελεημοσύνη"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "eleēmosúnē",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἐλεημοσύνη"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "bhīkh",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ભીખ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gul",
      "lang": "Gullah",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "aa’ms"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ts'daká",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "צְדָקָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dān",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "दान"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "xairāt",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ख़ैरात"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bhikṣā",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "भिक्षा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bhīkh",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "भीख"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "alamizsna"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ölmusa"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "almono"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "sedekah"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "infak"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "sumbangan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "almsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "déirc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "foighe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oirchiseacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "elemosina"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほどこしもの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hodokoshimono",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "施し物"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほどこし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hodokoshi",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "施し"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "sadaqa",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "садақа"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qaiyr",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "қайыр"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "zeket",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "зекет"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "tiən",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "ទាន"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "guhogeum",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "구호금"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "uiyeon'geum",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "의연금"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "sadaga",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "садага"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kayır",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "кайыр"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "zeket",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "зекет"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "khǭng thān",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "ຂອງທານ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "khǭng hai thān",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "ຂອງໄຫ້ທານ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "thān",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "ທານ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stips"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eleēmosyna"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dāvanas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "išmalda"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "milostina",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "милостина"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "sedekah"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limosja"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "moni aroha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "koha aroha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "bhīk",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "भीक"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "öglög",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "өглөг"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xandiv",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "хандив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "dān",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "दान"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "bhikh",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "भिख"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "almisse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "almisse"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Church Slavic",
      "roman": "milostynʹi",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "милостꙑн҄и"
    },
    {
      "code": "omr",
      "lang": "Old Marathi",
      "roman": "bhīka",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "𑘥𑘲𑘎"
    },
    {
      "code": "pi",
      "english": "specifically food given as alms",
      "lang": "Pali",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bhikkhā"
    },
    {
      "code": "pi",
      "lang": "Pali",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dāna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pi",
      "lang": "Pali",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bhikkhā"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "sadaqá",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "صدقه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "xayr",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "خير"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sadaqe",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "صدقه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "task",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "تسک"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xeyr",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "خیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jałmużna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esmola"
    },
    {
      "code": "inc-pra",
      "lang": "Prakrit",
      "roman": "bhikkhā",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸"
    },
    {
      "code": "inc-pra",
      "lang": "Prakrit",
      "roman": "bhicchā",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𑀪𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "bhikkha",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ਭਿੱਖ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "bhikkh",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "بھِکّھ"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "t'itu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pomană"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "milostenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mílostynja",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ми́лостыня"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podajánije",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "подая́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "bhikṣā",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "भिक्षा"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "dāna",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "दान"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "aumous"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мило̀стиња"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "milòstinja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "almužna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "milodar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "miloščina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limosna"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caridad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "sadaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "allmosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "limos"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "sadaqa",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "садақа"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "english": "charity",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "xayr",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "хайр"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "aḷi",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "அளி"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "sädaqa",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "сәдака"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "taan",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "ทาน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "ไทยทาน"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "sbyin pa",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "སྦྱིན་པ"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "pintwāt"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "yāṣṣu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "sadaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "zekât"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "sadaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "haýyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mýlostynja",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ми́лостиня"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sadaqa",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "صدقہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "xairāt",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "خیرات"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "bhīk",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "بِھیک"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "sediqe",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "سەدىقە"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "sadaqa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "xayr"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "của bố thí"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "word": "chẩn"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tsedoke",
      "sense": "something given to the poor as charity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "צדקה"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alms"
}

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