مجاهد

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ج ه د (j-h-d)

Derived from the active participle of جَاهَدَ (jāhada, to strive, labor, toil).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.d͡ʒaː.hid/

Noun

مُجَاهِد • (mujāhid) m (plural مُجَاهِدُونَ (mujāhidūna), feminine مُجَاهِدَة (mujāhida))

  1. struggler
  2. fighter, freedom fighter, mujahid
  3. warrior

Declension

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُجَاهِد (mujāhid).

Noun

مجاهد • (mujāhíd) m

  1. exerting effort, endeavoring
  2. zealot, adherent, advocate, champion
  3. fighter for the faith, mujahid, soldier in the holy war, jihadist
  4. fighter, activist

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُجَاهِد (mujāhid).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mʊ.d͡ʒɑː.ɦɪd̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mʊ.d͡ʒɑː.jɪd̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mu.d͡ʒɔː.jid̪̥]

Readings
Classical reading? mujāhiḏ
Dari reading? mujāhid
Iranian reading? mojâhed
Tajik reading? mujohid

Noun

مجاهد • (mojâhed) (plural مجاهدها (mojâhed-hâ) or مجاهدان (mojâhedân) or مجاهدین (mojâhedin))

  1. (archaic) one who is labouring, toiling; one who is in severe distress
  2. (Iran) a member of People's Mojahedin of Iran (Mojahedin-e-Khalq)
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