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jund

jund noun: an Arab military colony in the conquered lands of early caliphates.

Noun

jund (plural junds)

  1. (historical) An Arab military colony in the conquered lands of early caliphates.
    • After the Muslim conquest of Oriens in the thirties, the various Arab tribes were settled in the famous four junds, military circumscriptions into which Syria was divided.1984, Irfan Shahid, Byzantium and the Arabs in the Fourth Century, page 395

Forms of jund

pluraljunds

Origin of jund

From Arabic جُنْد (jund, “army”).

Questions about jund

What does jund mean?
Jund means an Arab military colony in the conquered lands of early caliphates.
What part of speech is jund?
Jund is a noun.
What is the plural of jund?
The plural of jund is junds.

Words near jund in the dictionary

  1. juncture
  2. junctureless
  3. junctures
  4. juncus
  5. juncuses
  6. jund
  7. junds
  8. Jundt
  9. Jundts
  10. june
  11. June beetle

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