mujahid
A Muslim engaging in jihad, especially armed jihadA Muslim engaging in jihad, especially armed jihad; a jihadist.
» Tom is a mujahid.
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1 sensesA Muslim engaging in jihad, especially armed jihad; a jihadist.
Mudjahed, Mudschahed, Mudschahid
моджахе́дmodžaxéd, душма́нdušmán, басма́чbasmáč
моджахе́дmodžaxéd
a Muslim engaged in what they consider to be a jihad
Examples
1 sentencesTom is a mujahid.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Arabic مُجَاهِد (mujāhid), derived from the active participle of جَاهَدَ (jāBorrowed from Arabic مُجَاهِد (mujāhid), derived from the active participle of جَاهَدَ (jāhada, “to strive in the cause of God”) (verbal noun: جِهَاد (jihād, “to strive in the cause of God as a religious duty”)), from the root ج ه د (j h d).
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