Janjaweed
/dʒandʒəˈwiːd/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative letter-case form of Janjaweed. alt-of
Proper Noun
- 1 An Arab militia force in Darfur, western Sudan, which has been in conflict with various Darfur rebel groups.
"Hilal has admitted recruiting local Janjaweed militias for the government, but denies personal involvement in the scorched-earth campaign that has driven more than two million people from their homes and seen more than 200,000 people die."
Example
More examples"More than 800,000 civilians are sheltering in El Fasher, and a full-scale battle could unleash atrocities similar to those of the genocide carried out by Arab Janjaweed fighters against African Zaghawa, Masalit, Fur and other non-Arab ethnic groups in Darfur in the early 2000s."
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جَنْجَوِيد (janjawīd), from Persian جنگوی (jangavi, “warrior”), influenced by Arabic جَوَاد (jawād, “horse”).