Jihad : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Jihad	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Jihad
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jihad n a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels [syn: jihad, jehad, international jihad] a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal Synonym(s): jihad, jehad
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jihad \Jihad"\, Jehad \Jehad"\, n. [Ar. jih[be]d.] (Moham.) A religious war against infidels or Mohammedan heretics; also, any bitter war or crusade for a principle or belief. [Their] courage in war . . . had not, like that of the Mohammedan dervishes of the Sudan, or of Mohammedans anywhere engaged in a jehad, a religious motive and the promise of future bliss behind it. --James Bryce.