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. struggle, effort
    Synonyms: نِضَال‎ (niḍāl), كِفَاح‎ (kifāḥ)
  3. fight, battle
  4. (Islam) 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 جَهَاد‎ (jahād).

Pronunciation

Noun

جهاد • (jehâd)

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