Jedi

See also: jedi and jedí

English

Etymology

Said to have been adapted by George Lucas from Japanese 時代劇 (jidaigeki) (meaning "period drama" motion pictures about samurai), or perhaps inspired by with the words Jed (King) and Jeddak (Emperor) in the Barsoom series by Edgar Rice Burroughs, which Lucas had considered adapting to film.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -aɪ

Syllables: Jed·i

enPR: jĕdʹī
IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛd.aɪ/

Noun

Jedi (plural Jedi)

(fiction) One of a fictional order of beings from the Star Wars universe who are gifted with heightened awareness of the Force.
(religion) A follower of Jediism

Derived terms

Translations

one of a fictional order of beings

Arabic: جَدَيْ‎ m (jaday)
Bulgarian: джедай m (džedáj)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 絕地 (zh), 绝地 (zh) (Juédì), 傑迪, 杰迪 (Jiédí), 齋殆, 斋殆 (Zhāidài)
Esperanto: Ĵedajo
French: Jedi (fr) m
German: Jedi m
Japanese: ジェダイ (Jedai)
Korean: 제다이 (Jedai)

Latvian: Džedaja
Marathi: जेडाय (jeḍāya)
Navajo: Adinídíín Neitinígíí
Polish: Jedi (pl) m
Portuguese: Jedi m
Russian: джеда́й (ru) m (džedáj), дже́дай (ru) m (džédaj)
Spanish: Jedi m
Thai: เจได (th) (jee-dai)
Ukrainian: джедай m (džedáj, džédaj)

Spanish

Noun

Jedi m (plural Jedis)

Jedi (a fictional order of beings)

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