jihadi
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jihadi
- /d͡ʒɪˈhɑːdi/
- /d͡ʒəˈhɑːdi/
Where it comes from
From jihad + -i, after Arabic جِهَادِيّ (jihādiyy). Both the noun and the adjective are in occasional use since the 1960s.
adjective
- pertaining to jihad or jihadism What is unbearable, in fact, is the feeling, 13 years after 9/11, that America has been chasing its tail; that, in some whack-a-mole horror show, the quashing of a jihadi enclave here only spurs the sprouting of another there; that the ideology of Al Qaeda is still reverberating through a blocked Ar
Talk about this word "jihadi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jihadi. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. jihadi. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jihadi "jihadi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jihadi.Cite this
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title = {jihadi},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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