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junds

junds is the plural of jund.

Meaning of jund

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

Questions about junds

What is junds the plural of?
Junds is the plural of jund.

Words near junds in the dictionary

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

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