Dhimmi  (pronounced Zimme) a person living in a region overrun by Muslim conquest who was accorded a protected status and allowed to retain his original faith.  Dhimmis (pronounced Zimmes)   plural form.  Dhimmitude (pronounced Zimmetude) is a neologism borrowed from the French language. It is derived by adding the productive suffix -tude to the Arabic noun dhimmi, which refers to a non-Muslim subject of an Islamic state.  (Similar to Servitude)  See a previous post August 2, 2013 entitled DHIMMITUDE !