mutat means A compensation gift given to a woman when divorced or repudiated by her husband. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
Why this word is great
MUTAT — [Noun] A compensation gift given to a woman upon her divorce or repudiation. Borrowed from Arabic مُتْعَة (mutʕa, "enjoyment, pleasure"), a term for a fixed-term marriage or a parting gift. Unlike "alimony" (which implies a court-enforced, ongoing tether) or "dowry" (which is a bride's familial offering to secure a future), a mutat is a singular, terminal redress—a contractual closing of accounts. It is the weight of coins in a velvet purse, the deed to a small orchard transferred in silence, the key to an apartment that is now the entirety of a future; a sum calculated as the formal, bitter algebra of loss, a material solace for an immaterial breach.
noun
- A compensation gift given to a woman when divorced or repudiated by her husband.“Relying on Qur'an, Sura II, verse 236, Nasir (1990a, p. 144; 1990b, pp. 96-98) shows that the amount of mutat is a matter of goodwill and of custom.”