Jihad Definition

jĭ-häd
noun
An individual's striving for spiritual self-perfection.
American Heritage
A war by Muslims against unbelievers or enemies of Islam, carried out as a religious duty.
Webster's New World
A fanatical campaign for or against an idea, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • international jihad
  • jehad

Other Word Forms of Jihad

Noun

Singular:
jihad
Plural:
jihads

Origin of Jihad

  • Arabic jihād from jahada to strive ghd in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Arabic جهاد (jihād, “struggle; effort”).

    From Wiktionary

Jihad Sentence Examples

  • Mahommed Ahmad (the Sudanese mandi) proclaimed a jihad in 1882.

  • Thereupon Fodio unfurled the green banner of Mahomet and preached a jihad or religious war.

  • He had already declined to support the jihad.

  • He thinks that his principal aim was simply the formation of a compact Mahommedan state, which was, indeed, in the issue destined to be the instrument of the jihad,.

  • No other cause has done more to motivate al-Qaeda to wage jihad against the US.

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Words Starting With

JJIJIH

Words Ending With

DADHAD

Unscrambles

jihad

Words Starting With J and Ending With D

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