جهاد

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See also: جہاد

Arabic

Root
ج ه د (j-h-d)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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 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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

  • Turkish: cihat

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جِهَاد (jihād).

Pronunciation

 

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

Noun

Dari جهاد
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷиҳод

جِهاد • (jehâd)

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