yihad

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جِهَاد (jihād, “struggle, effort”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝiˈad/ [ɟ͡ʝiˈað̞], /ʝiˈxad/ [ɟ͡ʝiˈxað̞]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝiˈad/ [ɟ͡ʝiˈað̞], /ʝiˈxad/ [ɟ͡ʝiˈxað̞]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃiˈad/ [ʃiˈað̞], /ʃiˈxad/ [ʃiˈxað̞]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒiˈad/ [ʒiˈað̞], /ʒiˈxad/ [ʒiˈxað̞]

• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: yi‧had

Noun

yihad f (uncountable)

1. jihad

Derived terms

• yihadismo m
• yihadista m or f by sense

 

Further reading

• “yihad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014