جهاد

See also: جہاد‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verbal noun from جَاهَدَ‎ (jāhada, “to struggle against, to fight for”), from the root ج ه د‎ (j-h-d)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.haːd/

Noun

جِهَاد • (jihād) m

  1. verbal noun of جَاهَدَ‎ (jāhada) (form III)
  2. (uncountable) struggle, effort
    Synonyms: نِضَال‎ (niḍāl), كِفَاح‎ (kifāḥ)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 25:52:
      ‏فَلَا تُطِعِ الْكَافِرِينَ وَجَاهِدْهُم بِهِ جِهَادًا كَبِيرًا‎
      fa-lā tuṭiʕi l-kāfirīna wa-jāhidhum bihi jihādan kabīran
      So do not obey the faithless, but wage with it [the Revelation] a great struggle against them.
  3. (uncountable) fight, battle
  4. (Islam, uncountable) jihad, holy war
Declension
Declension of noun جِهَاد (jihād)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal جِهَاد
jihād		 الْجِهَاد‎
al-jihād		 جِهَاد
jihād
Nominative جِهَادٌ
jihādun		 الْجِهَادُ‎
al-jihādu		 جِهَادُ
jihādu
Accusative جِهَادًا‎
jihādan		 الْجِهَادَ‎
al-jihāda		 جِهَادَ
jihāda
Genitive جِهَادٍ
jihādin		 الْجِهَادِ‎
al-jihādi		 جِهَادِ
jihādi
Derived terms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.haːd/

Noun

جَهَاد • (jahād) m

  1. hard, rugged land; land in which there is no herbage; level, smooth land
Declension
Declension of noun جَهَاد (jahād)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal جَهَاد
jahād		 الْجَهَاد‎
al-jahād		 جَهَاد
jahād
Nominative جَهَادٌ
jahādun		 الْجَهَادُ‎
al-jahādu		 جَهَادُ
jahādu
Accusative جَهَادًا‎
jahādan		 الْجَهَادَ‎
al-jahāda		 جَهَادَ
jahāda
Genitive جَهَادٍ
jahādin		 الْجَهَادِ‎
al-jahādi		 جَهَادِ
jahādi

References
  • Lane, vol. I (1863), pp. 473-474.
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “جهد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جِهَاد‎ (jihād).

Noun

جهاد • (cihad)

  1. jihad, holy war, crusade
  2. fight, struggle, battle

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جِهَاد‎ (jihād).

Pronunciation
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈhɔd/

Noun
Dari جهاد
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷиҳод (jihod)

جهاد • (jehâd)

  1. (Islam) jihad, holy war, crusade
  2. fight, struggle, battle
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