جهاد

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See also: جہاد

Arabic

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Root
ج ه د (j h d)
11 terms

Etymology 1

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Noun

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جِهَاد (jihādm (uncountable)

  1. verbal noun of جَاهَدَ (jāhada) (form III)
  2. struggle, effort
    Synonyms: نِضَال (niḍāl), كِفَاح (kifāḥ)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 25:52:
      فَلَا تُطِعِ الْكَافِرِينَ وَجَاهِدْهُم بِهِ جِهَادًا كَبِيرًا
      fa-lā tuṭiʕi l-kāfirīna wa-jāhidhum bihi jihādan kabīran
      So do not obey the faithless, but wage with it [the Revelation] a great struggle against them.
  3. religious struggle
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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جَهَاد (jahādm (plural جُهُد (juhud))

  1. flat land; rugged, hard land
  2. desert
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:صحراء
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Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic جِهَاد (jihād).

Noun

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جهاد (cihad)

  1. jihad, holy war, crusade
  2. fight, struggle, battle

Descendants

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  • Turkish: cihat

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic جِهَاد (jihād).

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Readings
Classical reading? jihāḏ
Dari reading? jehād
Iranian reading? jehâd
Tajik reading? jihod

Noun

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Dari جهاد
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷиҳод

جِهاد (jehâd)

  1. (Islam) jihad, holy war, crusade
  2. fight, struggle, battle
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