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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جِهَاد (jihād, “struggle, effort”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝiˈad/ , /ʝiˈxad/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃiˈad/ , /ʃiˈxad/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒiˈad/ , /ʒiˈxad/
- Rhymes: -ad
- Syllabification: yi‧had
Noun
yihad f (uncountable)
- jihad
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