ḏkw / Semitic roots

To be(come) clean, pure.

zakat, from Arabic zakāt, zakāh, purity, justness, alms, charity, from Aramaic zākutā, innocence, justification, merit, meritorious deed, from zəkā, to be innocent, be worth, give alms, from Canaanite zəkā or Akkadian zakû, to be(come) pure, innocent.