jihad

• jehad

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

• enPR: jĭ-häd', IPA^(key): /dʒɪˈhɑːd/
• enPR: jə-häd', IPA^(key): /dʒəˈhɑːd/

jihad (usually uncountable, plural jihads)

Wikiquote

1. (Islam) A holy war undertaken by Muslims.
   • 1938 August 22, "Holy War", 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 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.

   1. (historical) The Muslim response to the Crusade in the 12th century.
2. An aggressive campaign for an idea.
3. (Islam, theology) A personal spiritual struggle for self-improvement and/or against evil.

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

jihad

1. jihad (Muslims' holy war)

• IPA^(key): /dʒi.ad/

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