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mujahid

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /mʊˈdʒɑːhɪd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A Muslim engaging in jihad, especially armed jihad; a jihadist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a Muslim engaged in what he considers to be a jihad

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Muslim, Moslem

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُجَاهِد (mujāhid), derived from the active participle of جَاهَدَ (jāhada, “to strive in the cause of God”) (verbal noun: جِهَاد (jihād, “to strive in the cause of God as a religious duty”)), from the root ج ه د (j h d).

Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: muxhahed — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Albanian: myxhahit — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Arabic: مُجَاهِد (mujāhid) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Armenian: մոջահեդ (moǰahed) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Azerbaijani: mücahid — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Belarusian: маджахе́д (madžaxjéd) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Bengali: মুজাহিদীন (mujahidin) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Bulgarian: муджахиди́н (mudžahidín) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聖戰者 /圣战者 (shèngzhànzhě) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聖戰士 /圣战士 (shèngzhànshì) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Czech: mudžáhid — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Danish: mujahedin — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Dutch: moedjahedien — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Estonian: mudžahiid — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Finnish: mujahid — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • French: moudjahid — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • French: mujâhid — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Georgian: მოჯაჰიდი (moǯahidi) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • German: Mudjahed — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • German: Mudschahed — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • German: Mudschahid — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Greek: μουτζαχίντ (moutzachínt) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Hebrew: מוג׳אהדין — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Hindi: मुजाहिद (mujāhid) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Hindi: जिहादी (jihādī) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Hungarian: mudzsáhid — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Indonesian: mujahid — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Indonesian: mujahidin — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Italian: mujaheddin — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Japanese: ムジャーヒディーン (mujāhidīn) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Japanese: ムジャーヒド (mujāhido) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Kazakh: муджахид (mudjaxid) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Korean: 무자헤딘 (mujahedin) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Korean: 무자히드 (mujahideu) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Northern Kurdish: mucahid — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Northern Kurdish: mucahîd — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Northern Kurdish: micahid — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Northern Kurdish: cîhadî — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Kyrgyz: мужахид (mujahid) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Malay: mujahid — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Malay: mujahidin — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Pashto: مجاهد (mojāhed) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Persian: مُجاهِد (mojâhed) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Persian: جِهادی (jehâdi) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Polish: mudżahedin — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Portuguese: jihadi — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Portuguese: jihadista — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Portuguese: mujahid — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Romanian: mudjahid — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Russian: моджахе́д (modžaxéd) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Russian: душма́н (dušmán) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Russian: басма́ч (basmáč) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Serbo-Croatian: муџахѐдӣн — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Serbo-Croatian: mudžahèdīn — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Spanish: muyahid — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Swedish: mujahid — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Swedish: jihadist — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Tajik: муҷоҳид (mujohid) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Tatar: мужахид (mujaxid) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Turkish: mücahit — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Turkmen: mujahid — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Ukrainian: моджахе́д (modžaxéd) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Urdu: مُجاہِد (mujāhid) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Urdu: جِہادی (jihādī) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Uyghur: مۇجاھىت (mujahit) — a Muslim engaging in jihad
  • Uzbek: mujohid — a Muslim engaging in jihad