Jedi

See also: jedi and jedí

English

Etymology

Said to have been adapted by George Lucas from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

• enPR: jĕdʹī, IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛd.aɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Hyphenation: Jed‧i

Noun

Jedi (plural Jedi)

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Jedicide
• Jediism
• Jediist

• Jedi Knight
• Jedi Master
• Jedi mind trick

Translations

one of a fictional order of beings

• Arabic: جَدَيْ m (jaday)
• Bulgarian: джеда́й m (džedáj)
• Chinese:

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

• Esperanto: Ĵedajo
• French: Jedi (fr) m
• German: Jedi m
• Japanese: ジェダイ (Jedai)
• Korean: 제다이 (Jedai)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latvian: Džedaja
• Marathi: जेडाय (jeḍāy)
• 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: джеда́й m (džedáj), дже́дай m (džédaj)

See also

• Jedi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Spanish

Noun

Jedi m (plural Jedis)

1. Jedi (a fictional order of beings)