جهاد

See also: جہاد

Arabic

Root
ج ه د (j h d)
11 terms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.haːd/

Noun

جِهَاد • (jihād) m (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
Declension of noun جِهَاد (jihād)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal جِهَاد
jihād 		الْجِهَاد
al-jihād 		جِهَاد
jihād
nominative جِهَادٌ
jihādun 		الْجِهَادُ
al-jihādu 		جِهَادُ
jihādu
accusative جِهَادًا
jihādan 		الْجِهَادَ
al-jihāda 		جِهَادَ
jihāda
genitive جِهَادٍ
jihādin 		الْجِهَادِ
al-jihādi 		جِهَادِ
jihādi
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → English: jihad
  • → French: djihad
  • → Hebrew: גִּ׳יהַאד
  • → Malay: jihad
  • → Ottoman Turkish: جهاد (cihad)
  • → Persian: جهاد
  • → Polish: dżihad
  • → Portuguese: jihad
  • → Russian: джиха́д (džixád)
  • → Spanish: jihad
  • → Ukrainian: джиха́д (džyxád)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.haːd/

Noun

جَهَاد • (jahād) m (plural جُهُد (juhud))

  1. flat land; rugged, hard land
  2. desert
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:صحراء
Declension
Declension of noun جَهَاد (jahād)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal جَهَاد
jahād 		الْجَهَاد
al-jahād 		جَهَاد
jahād
nominative جَهَادٌ
jahādun 		الْجَهَادُ
al-jahādu 		جَهَادُ
jahādu
accusative جَهَادًا
jahādan 		الْجَهَادَ
al-jahāda 		جَهَادَ
jahāda
genitive جَهَادٍ
jahādin 		الْجَهَادِ
al-jahādi 		جَهَادِ
jahādi
dual indefinite definite construct
informal جَهَادَيْن
jahādayn 		الْجَهَادَيْن
al-jahādayn 		جَهَادَيْ
jahāday
nominative جَهَادَانِ
jahādāni 		الْجَهَادَانِ
al-jahādāni 		جَهَادَا
jahādā
accusative جَهَادَيْنِ
jahādayni 		الْجَهَادَيْنِ
al-jahādayni 		جَهَادَيْ
jahāday
genitive جَهَادَيْنِ
jahādayni 		الْجَهَادَيْنِ
al-jahādayni 		جَهَادَيْ
jahāday
plural basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal جُهُد
juhud 		الْجُهُد
al-juhud 		جُهُد
juhud
nominative جُهُدٌ
juhudun 		الْجُهُدُ
al-juhudu 		جُهُدُ
juhudu
accusative جُهُدًا
juhudan 		الْجُهُدَ
al-juhuda 		جُهُدَ
juhuda
genitive جُهُدٍ
juhudin 		الْجُهُدِ
al-juhudi 		جُهُدِ
juhudi

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جِهَاد (jihād).

Noun

جهاد • (cihad)

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

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جِهَاد (jihād).

Pronunciation

 

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

Noun

جهاد • (jihād / jehâd) (Tajik spelling ҷиҳод)

  1. (Islam) jihad, holy war, crusade
  2. fight, struggle, battle
  • Persian terms derived from the Arabic root ج ه د (0 c, 3 e)
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