{ } n. [ Ar. jihād, struggle. ] (Islam) A religious war against infidels or Muslim heretics; also, any bitter war or crusade for a principle or belief.
[ Their ] courage in war . . . had not, like that of the Muslim dervishes of the Sudan, or of Muslims anywhere engaged in a jehad, a religious motive and the promise of future bliss behind it. James Bryce. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
[じはだ, jihada](n) (1) texture; grain; (2) one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; bare skin; (3) surface of the earth; bare ground; (P)[Add to Longdo]