Meanings
nounjehad (plural jehads)
plural jehads
- alternativeAlternative spelling of jihad.
[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.
1897, James Bryce, Impressions of South Africa
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal
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