mujahid

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Etymology

From Arabic مُجَاهِد (mujāhid), derived from the active participle of جَاهَدَ (jāhada, “to strive in the cause of God”) (verbal noun: جِهَاد (jihād, “to strive in the cause of God as a religious duty”)), from the root ج ه د (j-h-d).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʊˈdʒɑːhɪd/

Noun

mujahid (plural mujahideen or mujahidin or mujahids)

1. (Islam) A Muslim engaging in jihad, especially armed jihad; a jihadist.

Synonyms

• jihadist, jihadi

Translations

a Muslim engaging in jihad

• Arabic: مُجَاهِد m (mujāhid)
• Armenian: մոջահեդ (hy) (moǰahed)
• Azerbaijani: mücahid
• Bulgarian: муджахидин m (mudžahidin)
• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聖戰者／圣战者 (shèngzhànzhě), 圣战者 (shèngzhànzhě), 聖戰士／圣战士, 圣战士 (shèngzhànshì), 奮戰者／奋战者, 奋战者 (fènzhànzhě) (a number of other translations exist with a 圣战 "holy war" part)

• Czech: mudžáhid m
• Dutch: moedjahedien (nl) m or f
• Estonian: mudžahiid
• Finnish: mujahid
• French: moudjahid (fr) m, mujâhid m
• Georgian: მოჯაჰიდი (moǯahidi)
• German: Mudjahed (de) m, Mudschahed (de) m, Mudschahid m
• Hebrew: מוג'אהדין pl
• Hindi: मुजाहिद (hi) m (mujāhid)
• Hungarian: mudzsáhid
• Indonesian: mujahidin (id)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: ムジャーヒディーン (mujāhidīn), ムジャーヒド (mujāhido)
• Korean: 무자헤딘 (mujahedin), 무자히드 (mujahideu)
• Malay: mujahidin
• Persian: مجاهد (fa) (mojâhed)
• Polish: mudżahid (pl) m
• Portuguese: jihadi m or f, jihadista (pt) m or f, mujahid m or f
• Russian: моджахе́д (ru) m (modžaxéd), душма́н (ru) m (dušmán), басма́ч (ru) m (basmáč) (Central Asia during 1917-26)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: муџахѐдӣн m

  Roman: mudžahèdīn (sh) m

• Spanish: muyahid (es) m
• Swedish: mujahid (sv) c, jihadist c
• Tajik: муҷоҳид (mujohid)
• Turkish: mücahit (tr)
• Ukrainian: моджахе́д m (modžaxéd)
• Urdu: مجاهد m (mujāhid)
• Uyghur: مۇجاھىت (mujahit)
• Uzbek: mujohid (uz)

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Portuguese

Noun

mujahid m or f (plural s)

1. (Islam) mujahid (Muslim engaging in jihad)

Synonyms

• jihadi, jihadista