yihad

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جِهَاد (jihād, “struggle, effort”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝiˈad/ [ɟ͡ʝiˈað̞], /ʝiˈxad/ [ɟ͡ʝiˈxað̞]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃiˈad/ [ʃiˈað̞], /ʃiˈxad/ [ʃiˈxað̞]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒiˈad/ [ʒiˈað̞], /ʒiˈxad/ [ʒiˈxað̞]

Rhymes: -ad
Syllabification: yi‧had

Noun

yihad f (uncountable)

jihad

Derived terms

yihadismo m
yihadista m or f by sense

Further reading

“yihad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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