| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix II
Semitic Roots |
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| ENTRY: | ghd. |
| DEFINITION: | Arabic root, to strive. 1. jihad, from Arabic jih d, battle, holy war, from jahada, to strive (sense probably influenced by derived stem jhada, to fight). 2. mujahideen, from Arabic mujhid n, plural of mujhid, fighter, one who fights in a jihad, active participle of jhada, to fight, derived stem from jahada, to strive. |
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