different between dhimma vs dhimmi

English

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic ??????? (?imma, “protection, custody”), from ?????? (?amma, “to blame”).

dhimma (plural dhimmas)

A form of social contract in a state under sharia law granting special status to all or certain non-Muslim subjects, providing rights of residence in return for taxes.
A dhimmi.

From French dhimmi, from Arabic ???????? (?immiyy, “a dhimmi”), from ??????? (?imma, “protection, custody”).

dhimmi (plural dhimmis)

(Islam, chiefly historical) A protected and specially taxed non-Muslim subject of a state governed under dhimma, a form of social contract, in accordance with sharia law.

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