jihad

• jehad

From Arabic جِهَاد‎ (jihād, “struggle; effort”).

• enPR: jĭ-hăd', jĭ-häd', IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪˈhæd/, /d͡ʒɪˈhɑːd/

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• enPR: jə'-häd, IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈhɑːd/
• (colloquial): enPR: jē'-häd, jē'-hăd, IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒiːhɑːd/, /ˈd͡ʒiːhæd/
• Rhymes: -æd, -ɑːd

jihad (countable and uncountable, plural jihads)

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1. (Islam) A holy war undertaken by Muslims.
   • 1938 August 22, “Holy War”, in Time:

     Young Iraqis of both sects obeyed the imams' ruling last week by rushing to conscription offices in hot, dirty, dusty Bagdad to offer themselves or their money for the jihad.

   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 26:

     Small groups of killers, the scent of blood in their nostrils, now fanned out by taxi, bicycle or even on horseback into the surrounding countryside, spreading the word that a general jihad, or ‘holy war’, had broken out.

   • 2013 May 8, Mona Mahmood & Ian Black, The Guardian:

     The Jabhat al-Nusra media, with songs about jihad and martyrdom, is extremely influential.

2. An aggressive campaign for an idea.
   • 1984, Dune‎ (Science Fiction), →OCLC, spoken by Reverend Mother Ramallo, 41:18 from the start:

     And now, the prophecy. One will come, the voice from the outer world, bringing the holy war, the jihad, which will cleanse the universe and bring us out of darkness.

3. (Islam, theology) A personal spiritual struggle for self-improvement and/or against evil.

• mujahid

jihad (third-person singular simple present jihads, present participle jihading, simple past and past participle jihaded)

1. To participate in a jihad.

• crusade
• holy war
• infidel

• Djahi, hadji

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jihad m (plural jihads, diminutive jihadje n)

1. Alternative form of djihaad

• jihadstrijder

• jihadi
• jihadist

• džihad

Learned borrowing from Arabic جِهَاد‎ (jihād).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒihɑd/, [ˈdʒiɦɑ̝d]
• IPA^(key): /ˈjihɑd/, [ˈjiɦɑ̝d]
• IPA^(key): /ˈtsihɑd/, [ˈts̠iɦɑ̝d]
• Rhymes: -ihad
• Syllabification^(key): ji‧had

jihad

1. jihad (Muslims' holy war)

• jihadismi
• jihadisti

• IPA^(key): /dʒi.ad/

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jihad m (plural jihads)

1. Alternative form of djihad

jihad m or f (invariable)

1. jihad

Borrowed from Arabic جِهَاد‎ (jihād, “struggle; effort”).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒi.ˈʁad͡ʒ/, /ʒi.ˈʁad/

jihad m (plural jihads)

1. (Islam) jihad (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

• jihadista

Borrowed from French djihad.

jihad n (plural jihaduri)

1. jihad