Arabic

Noun

جِهَاد • ‎(jihād) m

1. verbal noun of جَاهَدَ ‎(jāhada) (form III)
2. struggle, effort
3. fight, battle
4. jihad, holy war

Declension

Derived terms

• جهادي

Pronunciation 2

Noun

جَهَاد • ‎(jahād) m

1. hard, rugged land; land in which there is no herbage; level, smooth land

Declension

Related terms

• جهد
• مجاهد

References

• Lane, vol. I (1863), pp. 473-474.

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic جِهَاد ‎(jihād).

Noun

جهاد • ‎(cihad)

1. jihad, holy war, crusade
2. fight, struggle, battle

Persian

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic جِهَاد ‎(jihād).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [dʒeˈhɒːd]

Noun

جهاد • ‎(jehâd)

1. jihad, holy war, crusade
2. fight, struggle, battle

Related terms

• جهادی ‎(jehâdi)
• مجاهد ‎(mojâhed)