jihad

Alternative forms

• jehad

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

jihad (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.

Verb

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

1. To participate in a jihad.

See also

• Crusade
• holy war
• infidel

Anagrams

• Djahi, hadji

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

jihad m (plural jihads, diminutive jihadje n)

1. jihad

Noun

jihad

1. jihad (Muslims' holy war)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒi.ad/

Noun

jihad m (plural jihads)

1. Alternative form of djihad

Noun

jihad m, f (invariable)

1. jihad

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

jihad m (plural jihads)

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