Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A holy war undertaken by Muslims.

    Dschihad, Djihad, Jihad

    джиха́дdžixád

    джиха́дdžyxád

  2. (countable, uncountable)A personal spiritual struggle for self-improvement or against evil.

    a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal

  3. (broadly, countable, uncountable)An aggressive campaign for an idea.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. The spirit of jihad was ignited once again.

  2. They kill one another in the name of jihad.

  3. ISIS terrorists are known for killing one another in the name of jihad.

  4. Sami became disillusioned with jihad.

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  5. What is jihad?

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
holy war undertaken by Muslims:
Русский
By meaning 1
holy war undertaken by Muslims:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
holy war undertaken by Muslims:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: jihads
Singularjihad
Pluraljihads

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal:jehad

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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