Loading page
Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
al-jihad is a noun meaning "an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells". It carries one recorded sense.
an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells
“the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981”
Egypt · terrorism
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for al-jihad come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.