jihad
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Arabic جِهَاد (jihād, “struggle; effort”).
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: jĭ-hăd', jĭ-häd, jə-häd', IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪˈhæd/, /d͡ʒɪˈhɑːd/, /d͡ʒəˈhɑːd/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (nonstandard) enPR: jē'-häd, jē'-hăd, IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒiːhɑːd/, /ˈd͡ʒiːhæd/
- Rhymes: -æd, -ɑːd
Noun edit
jihad (countable and uncountable, plural jihads)
- (Islam) A holy war undertaken by Muslims.
- 1938 August 22, “Holy War”, in Time:
- Young Iraqis of both sects obeyed the imams' ruling last week by rushing to conscription offices in hot, dirty, dusty Bagdad to offer themselves or their money for the jihad.
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 26:
- Small groups of killers, the scent of blood in their nostrils, now fanned out by taxi, bicycle or even on horseback into the surrounding countryside, spreading the word that a general jihad, or ‘holy war’, had broken out.
- 2013 May 8, Mona Mahmood, Ian Black, The Guardian:
- The Jabhat al-Nusra media, with songs about jihad and martyrdom, is extremely influential.
- An aggressive campaign for an idea.
- 1984, 41:18 from the start, in Dune[1] (Science Fiction), spoken by Reverend Mother Ramallo, →OCLC:
- And now, the prophecy. One will come, the voice from the outer world, bringing the holy war, the jihad, which will cleanse the universe and bring us out of darkness.
- (Islam, theology) A personal spiritual struggle for self-improvement and/or against evil.
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Translations edit
holy war undertaken by Muslims
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aggressive campaign
personal spiritual struggle
Verb edit
jihad (third-person singular simple present jihads, present participle jihading, simple past and past participle jihaded)
- To participate in a jihad.
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Audio (file)
Noun edit
jihad m (plural jihads, diminutive jihadje n)
- Alternative form of djihaad
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Finnish edit
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Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Arabic جِهَاد (jihād).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈdʒihɑd/, [ˈdʒiɦɑ̝d]
- IPA(key): /ˈjihɑd/, [ˈjiɦɑ̝d]
- IPA(key): /ˈtsihɑd/, [ˈts̠iɦɑ̝d]
- Rhymes: -ihad
- Syllabification(key): ji‧had
Noun edit
jihad
- jihad (Muslims' holy war)
Declension edit
Inflection of jihad (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | jihad | jihadit | ||
genitive | jihadin | jihadien | ||
partitive | jihadia | jihadeja | ||
illative | jihadiin | jihadeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | jihad | jihadit | ||
accusative | nom. | jihad | jihadit | |
gen. | jihadin | |||
genitive | jihadin | jihadien | ||
partitive | jihadia | jihadeja | ||
inessive | jihadissa | jihadeissa | ||
elative | jihadista | jihadeista | ||
illative | jihadiin | jihadeihin | ||
adessive | jihadilla | jihadeilla | ||
ablative | jihadilta | jihadeilta | ||
allative | jihadille | jihadeille | ||
essive | jihadina | jihadeina | ||
translative | jihadiksi | jihadeiksi | ||
abessive | jihaditta | jihadeitta | ||
instructive | — | jihadein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading edit
- “jihad”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French edit
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Noun edit
jihad m (plural jihads)
- Alternative form of djihad
Italian edit
Noun edit
jihad m or f (invariable)
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Arabic جِهَاد (jihād, “struggle; effort”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jihad f (plural jihads)
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Romanian edit
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Noun edit
jihad n (plural jihaduri)
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Declension of jihad
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) jihad | jihadul | (niște) jihaduri | jihadurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) jihad | jihadului | (unor) jihaduri | jihadurilor |
vocative | jihadule | jihadurilor |
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jihad c or n
Usage notes edit
Almost always as "jihaden" (common gender) in the definite, though "ett jihad" is fairly common.
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Declension of jihad | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | jihad | jihaden | jihader | jihaderna |
Genitive | jihads | jihadens | jihaders | jihadernas |
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References edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic جِهَاد (jihād, “struggle; effort”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jihad or jihád (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜑᜇ᜔) (Islam)
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Further reading edit
- “jihad” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[3], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “jihad”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018