جهاد

See also: جہاد

Arabic
Root
ج ه د (j-h-d)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.haːd/

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 [the Revelation] 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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.haːd/

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
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒe̞.ɦɑ́ːd̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒi.jɑ́ːd̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒi.jɔ́ːd̪̥]

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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