English

The raya or "black flag of jihad".

Alternative forms

• jehad

Noun

jihad ‎(plural jihads)

Wikiquote

1. (Islam) A holy war undertaken by Muslims.
   • 1938, "Holy War", Time, 22 Aug 1938:

     Young Iraqis of both sects obeyed the imams' ruling last week by rushing to conscription offices in hot, dirty, dusty Bagdad to offer themselves or their money for the jihad.

   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 26:

     Small groups of killers, the scent of blood in their nostrils, now fanned out by taxi, bicycle or even on horseback into the surrounding countryside, spreading the word that a general jihad, or ‘holy war’, had broken out.

   • 2013, Mona Mahmood & Ian Black, The Guardian, 8 May 2013:

     The Jabhat al-Nusra media, with songs about jihad and martyrdom, is extremely influential.

   1. (historical) the Muslim response to the Crusade in the 12th century
2. An aggressive campaign for an idea.
3. (theology) a personal spiritual struggle for self-improvement and against evil

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

jihad ‎(third-person singular simple present jihads, present participle jihading, simple past and past participle jihaded)

1. To participate in a jihad

See also

• Crusade
• holy war
• infidel

Anagrams

• hadji

Finnish

Noun

jihad

1. jihad (Muslims' holy war)

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒi.ad/

Noun

jihad m ‎(plural jihads)

1. Alternative form of djihad

Italian

Noun

jihad m, f ‎(invariable)

1. jihad

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒi.ˈʁad͡ʒ/, /ʒi.ˈʁad/

Noun

jihad m (plural jihads)

1. (Islam) jihad (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Derived terms

• jihadista