jihad

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ji=had

CIDE DICTIONARY

jihad, n. [Ar. jihād.].

 A religious war against infidels or Mohammedan heretics; also, any bitter war or crusade for a principle or belief.
"[Their] courage in war . . . had not, like that of the Mohammedan dervishes of the Sudan, or of Mohammedans anywhere engaged in a jehad, a religious motive and the promise of future bliss behind it."  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

jihad, n. (also jehad) a holy war undertaken by Muslims against unbelievers.

Etymology

Arab. jihad