jihadi
/d͡ʒɪˈhɑːdi/
jihadi noun: a jihadist.
Noun
jihadi (plural jihadis or jihadeen)
- A jihadist.
Adjective
jihadi (not comparable)
- pertaining to jihad or jihadism
- What is unbearable, in fact, is the feeling, 13 years after 9/11, that America has been chasing its tail; that, in some whack-a-mole horror show, the quashing of a jihadi enclave here only spurs the sprouting of another there; that the ideology of Al Qaeda is still reverberating through a blocked...2014 November 17, Roger Cohen, “The horror! The horror! The trauma of ISIS [print version: International New York Times, 18 November 2014, p. 9]”, in The New York Times
- Yet people are miserable and disillusioned, joining jihadi groups in among the largest numbers per capita of any country in the world, and making up the majority of boat-borne migrants to Italy this year.2020 December 16, “'He ruined us': 10 years on, Tunisians curse man who sparked Arab spring”, in the Guardian
Synonyms of jihadi
Forms of jihadi
| plural | jihadis |
|---|---|
| plural | jihadeen |
Origin of jihadi
From jihad + -i, after Arabic جِهَادِيّ (jihādiyy). Both the noun and the adjective are in occasional use since the 1960s.
Words formed from jihadi
Questions about jihadi
- What does jihadi mean?
- Jihadi means a jihadist.
- What part of speech is jihadi?
- Jihadi can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce jihadi?
- Jihadi is pronounced /d͡ʒɪˈhɑːdi/.
- What is the plural of jihadi?
- The plural of jihadi is jihadis.
Words near jihadi in the dictionary
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