مجتهد

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of اِجْتَهَدَ‎ (ijtahada, “to work hard, to strive”), from the root ج ه د‎ (j-h-d).

Adjective

مُجْتَهِد • (mujtahid) (feminine مُجْتَهِدَة‎ (mujtahida), masculine plural مُجْتَهِدُونَ‎ (mujtahidūna), feminine plural مُجْتَهِدَات‎ (mujtahidāt))

  1. diligent, hardworking, industrious
  2. exerting, striving

Declension

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “مجتهد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “جهد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

مُجْتَهِد • (mujtahid) m (plural مُجْتَهِدُون‎ (mujtahidūn))

  1. (Islamic law) mujtahid (lawyer entitled to give decisions)

Declension

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

  • مُجْتَهِدٌ مُطْلَق‎ (mujtahidun muṭlaq) ،مُجْتَهِدٌ مُقَيَّد‎ (mujtahidun muqayyad)

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “مجتهد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “جهد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic مجتهد‎.

Noun

مجتهد • (mujtahíd) m

  1. mujtahid, (legal scholar of islamic law)

Adjective

مجتهد • (mujtahíd)

  1. zealous, fervent
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