Jihad

//d͡ʒɪˈhæd//

Synonyms for "jihad" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Strong matches (2)

Related words (3)

Noun(1 words)

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Translations

95 translations across 70 languages.

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Albanian

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  • xhihat noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Arabic

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  • جِهَاد noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ջիհադ noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • cihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • йыһат noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Basque

1 entries
  • jihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • джыха́д noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Bengali

1 entries
  • জিহাদ noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • джиха́д noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Catalan

1 entries
  • jihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Chechen

1 entries
  • гӏазот noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 吉哈德 noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries
  • cihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)
  • cihat noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Czech

1 entries
  • džihád noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Danish

1 entries
  • jihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Dari

1 entries
  • جِهَاد noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Dutch

1 entries
  • jihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ĝihado noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Estonian

1 entries
  • džihaad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Finnish

4 entries
  • jihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)
  • kilvoittelu noun (personal spiritual struggle)
  • pyhä sota noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)
  • pyhä sota noun (aggressive campaign)

French

2 entries
  • djihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)
  • jihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ჯიჰადი noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

German

3 entries
  • Djihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)
  • Dschihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)
  • Jihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Greek

1 entries
  • τζιχάντ noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • જિહાદ noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Hausa

1 entries
  • jihadi noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • גִּ׳יהַאד noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Hindi

4 entries
  • जिहाद noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)
  • जिहाद noun (aggressive campaign)
  • जिहाद noun (personal spiritual struggle)
  • जिहाद् noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • dzsihád noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • jihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • jihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • jihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • جِهاد noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Irish

1 entries
  • jiohád noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Italian

2 entries
  • jihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)
  • ǧihād noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Japanese

1 entries
  • ジハード noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • джихад noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)
  • жиһад noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Korean

1 entries
  • 지하드 noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • жикат noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Latvian

1 entries
  • džihāds noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • džihadas noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • џихад noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Malay

1 entries
  • jihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Marathi

1 entries
  • जिहाद noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • cîhad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • jihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Pashto

1 entries
  • جهاد noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Polish

3 entries
  • dżihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)
  • dżihad noun (aggressive campaign)
  • dżihad noun (personal spiritual struggle)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • jihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਜਿਹਾਦ noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Romanian

1 entries
  • jihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Russian

1 entries
  • джиха́д noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • džìhād noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)
  • đìhād noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)
  • ђѝха̄д noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)
  • џѝха̄д noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • ජිහාඩ් noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Slovak

1 entries
  • džihád noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Slovene

1 entries
  • džihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Spanish

1 entries
  • yihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Swahili

1 entries
  • jihadi noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Swedish

2 entries
  • jihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)
  • jihad noun (personal spiritual struggle)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • jihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Tajik

1 entries
  • ҷиҳод noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Tamil

1 entries
  • ஜிஹாத் noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Tatar

1 entries
  • җиһад noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Thai

1 entries
  • ญิฮาด noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Turkish

4 entries
  • cihat noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)
  • mücadele noun (aggressive campaign)
  • mücadele noun (personal spiritual struggle)
  • savaşım noun (aggressive campaign)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • jihad noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • джиха́д noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Urdu

1 entries
  • جِہاد noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • جىھاد noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • jihod noun (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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Jihad Against Islam's Call for Jihad.

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Sami became disillusioned with jihad.

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What is jihad?

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Whatever one may say, the jihad against the "disbelievers" is well prescribed by the Qur'an.

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