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
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

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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