Jedi

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪ

Syllables: Jed·i

• enPR: jĕdʹī
  
• IPA: /ˈdʒɛd.aɪ/

Etymology

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

Noun

Jedi (plural Jedis or Jedi)

1. One of a fictional order of beings from the Star Wars universe who are gifted with heightened awareness of the Force.

Derived terms

• Jedi Knight
• Jedi Master
• Jedi mind trick

Translations

a fictional order of beings

• Arabic: جدي (ar) (jaday) m
• Bulgarian: джедай (bg) (džedáj) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 絕地 (cmn), 绝地 (cmn) (Juédì), 傑迪 (cmn), 杰迪 (cmn) (Jiédí), 齋殆 (cmn), 斋殆 (cmn) (Zhāidài)

• French: Jedi (fr) m
• German: Jedi (de) m
• Japanese: ジェダイ (ja) (Jedai)

• Korean: 제다이 (ko) (Jedai)
• Latvian: Džedaja (lv)
• Marathi: जेडाय (mr) (jeḍāya)
• Navajo: Adinídíín Neitinígíí
• Russian: джедай (ru) (džedáj, džédaj) m
• Thai: เจได (th) (jàydai)
• Ukrainian: джедай (uk) (džedáj, džédaj) m

See also

• Jedi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia