Where does “जिहाद” come from?
जिहाद (Hindi) comes from Classical Persian جهاد, from Arabic جِهَاد — to strive in the cause of God as a religious...
जिहाद (Hindi): jihad, holy war, crusade; fight, struggle, battle
Definitions
- jihad, holy war, crusade; fight, struggle, battle
Ancestry of “जिहाद”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Classical Persian | جهاد | — |
| 2 | Arabic | جِهَاد | to strive in the cause of God as a religious... |