Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ج ه د (j h d)
11 terms

Verb

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جَاهَدَ (jāhada) III, non-past يُجَاهِدُ‎ (yujāhidu)

  1. to endeavor, to strive
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 31:15:
      وَإِنْ جَاهَدَاكَ عَلَى أَنْ تُشْرِكَ بِي مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ فَلَا تُطِعْهُمَا
      waʔin jāhadāka ʕalā ʔan tušrika bī mā laysa laka bihi ʕilmun falā tuṭiʕhumā
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to fight
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܓ̰ܲܚܸܕ (mjaḥḥid, to argue)

Etymology 2

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Root
ج ه د (j h d)
11 terms

Derived from the active participle of جَهَدَ (jahada, to strive, to toil).

Adjective

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جَاهِد (jāhid) (masculine plural أَجْهَاد (ʔajhād))

  1. striving, labouring, toiling; being laborious, tedious, exerting
    جَهْدٌ جَاهِدٌ
    jahdun jāhidun
    a laborious labour, a severe difficulty or distress, etc.
Declension
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References
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  • Lane, vol. I (1863), p. 474.

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic جَاهِد (jāhid).

Proper noun

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جاهد (Cahid)

  1. a male given name from Arabic

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ج ه د
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic جَاهَدَ (jāhada).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʒaː.had/, [ˈʒæː.had], [ˈd͡ʒæː.had]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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جاهد (jāhad) III (present بجاهد (bijāhed))

  1. to strive, to struggle, to make an effort

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of جاهد (jāhad)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m جاهدت (jāhadt) جاهدت (jāhadt) جاهد (jāhad) جاهدنا (jāhadna) جاهدتو (jāhadtu) جاهدو (jāhadu)
f جاهدتي (jāhadti) جاهدت (jāhadat)
present m بجاهد (bajāhed) بتجاهد (bitjāhed) بجاهد (bijāhed) منجاهد (minjāhed) بتجاهدو (bitjāhdu) بجاهدو (bijāhdu)
f بتجاهدي (bitjāhdi) بتجاهد (bitjāhed)
subjunctive m اجاهد (ajāhed) تجاهد (tjāhed) يجاهد (yjāhed) نجاهد (njāhed) تجاهدو (tjāhdu) يجاهدو (yjāhdu)
f تجاهدي (tjāhdi) تجاهد (tjāhed)
imperative m جاهد (jāhed) جاهدو (jāhdu)
f جاهدي (jāhdi)