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Meaning of "mujaheddin" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MUJAHEDDIN

From Arabic mujāhidīn fighters, ultimately from jihad.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MUJAHEDDIN

mujaheddin  [ˈmuːdʒəhəˈdiːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUJAHEDDIN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mujaheddin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MUJAHEDDIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mujahideen

Mujahideen is a term that Muslims use to describe those they see as Muslims who struggle in the path of Allah. The word is from the same Arabic triliteral root as jihad. In recent years, Mujahideen has been most closely associated by the west with radical Islam, encompassing several militant groups and struggles.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MUJAHEDDIN


Aberdeen
ˌæbəˈdiːn
Bardeen
ˌbɑːˈdiːn
dean
diːn
deen
diːn
dene
diːn
dudeen
duːˈdiːn
dudheen
duːˈdiːn
gradine
ɡrəˈdiːn
grenadine
ˌɡrɛnəˈdiːn
histidine
ˈhɪstɪˌdiːn
iodine
ˈaɪəˌdiːn
Kwedien
kwɪˈdiːn
Ladin
læˈdiːn
mujahedeen
ˈmuːdʒəhəˈdiːn
mujahedin
ˌmuːdʒəhəˈdiːn
mujahideen
ˈmuːdʒəhəˈdiːn
piperidine
pɪˈpɛrɪˌdiːn
sardine
sɑːˈdiːn
sourdine
sʊəˈdiːn
spaldeen
spɔːlˈdiːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUJAHEDDIN

muhly
muid
muir
Muir Glacier
muirburn
mujahedeen
mujahedin
mujahideen
mujik
Mukden
mukhabarat
mukhtar
mukluk
muktuk
mulatta

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUJAHEDDIN

Aladdin
Aydin
baladin
boudin
Cardin
din
Dunedin
eldin
gospodin
hesperidin
hoddin
nandin
Odin
paladin
prostaglandin
Rodin
Saladin
Teilhard de Chardin
the mujaheddin
verdin

Synonyms and antonyms of mujaheddin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mujaheddin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUJAHEDDIN

Find out the translation of mujaheddin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mujaheddin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mujaheddin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

圣战者
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mujaheddin
570 millions of speakers

English

mujaheddin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुजाहिदीनों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المجاهدين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

моджахеды
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mujaheddin
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mujaheddin
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

moudjahidin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mujaheddin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mudschaheddin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mujaheddin
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mujaheddin
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mujaheddin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Mujaheddin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முஜாஹுத்தீனை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुजाहेडिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mücahit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mujaheddin
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mudżahedinów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

моджахеди
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mujahedin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mujaheddin
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mujaheddin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mujahedin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mujaheddin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mujaheddin

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MUJAHEDDIN»

The term «mujaheddin» is normally little used and occupies the 115.112 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MUJAHEDDIN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mujaheddin» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mujaheddin» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mujaheddin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUJAHEDDIN»

Discover the use of mujaheddin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mujaheddin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Behind the US War on Afghanistan
The contras and Washington expected wholesale defections of the Afghan armed forces to the mujaheddin. It was not to be. As with Jalalabad and Khandahar, two cities which had been being successfully defended solely by Afghan troops for ...
Dave Holmes, Norm Dixon, 2001
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"My Heart Became Attached": The Strange Journey of John ...
Most volunteers needed little help from Hizbullah before September 11, as Harkat ul Mujaheddin and other groups were car- rying on legally with recruiting and propaganda offices open in Peshawar and other cities around Pakistan. '' Before ...
Mark Kukis, 2003
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Afghanistan. Ediz. Inglese:
Moderate mujaheddin groups were sidelined in favour of the most radical Islamists like Hekmatyar. Pakistani policy was aimed at installing a pliable Pashtun government in Kabul to quell disputes over the historically unstable Durand Line, ...
Paul Clammer, 2007
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Aiding Afghanistan: The Background and Prospects for ...
Indiscriminate rocket attacks by certain mujaheddin commanders on Afghan cities including Kabul also took place during the struggle against the communist regime. The rockets used in these attacks were notoriously inaccurate.
Asger Christensen, 1995
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“My Heart Became Attached”
Most volunteers needed little help from Hizbullah before September 11, as Harkat ul Mujaheddin and other groups were carrying on legally with recruiting and propaganda offices open in Peshawar and other cities around Pakistan. “ Before ...
MARK KUKIS autofilled, 2003
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Taliban: The Power of Militant Islam in Afghanistan and Beyond
Mujaheddin government in Kabul. The fuel, chanelled through Pakistan, became a major source of corruption and patronage for successive Pakistani governments and the ISI. Due totheestranged relations between Iranand the USA , the ...
Ahmed Rashid, 2010
7
Dictionary of Terrorism
guerrillas, or Mujaheddin, succeeded in conducting protracted warfare with very heavy casualties on either side. External support for the rebels has come from Pakistan, the USA and many Western European nations. By 1986 the Mujaheddin ...
John Richard Thackrah, 2013
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Afghan Women: Identity and Invasion
Support for the Mujaheddin also led to the emergence of Osama Bin Laden as the leader of al-Qaida. Bin Laden was a Saudi businessman, wealthy and close to the Saudi royal family. In 1980 he met with Mujaheddin leaders and with CIA ...
Elaheh Rostami-Povey, 2007
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Mapping Terrorism Research: State of the Art, Gaps and ...
It should be stressed that, while a number of individuals from Europe joined various Jihads over the past decades, the vast majority did so as Mujaheddin with the intention to fight as guerrillas in irregular units. They linked up with various ...
Magnus Ranstorp, 2006
10
Modern World History for AQA Specification B.: Core
After the first few months of 1980, Soviet troops controlled the towns where they were based, but the Afghan rebels, the Mujaheddin, controlled the countryside. The Mujaheddin were not just fighting to get rid of Soviet troops. They were lighting ...
Ferriby McCabe, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUJAHEDDIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mujaheddin is used in the context of the following news items.
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Could the Taliban become a useful ally against Islamic State?
At the time I thought to myself that if I were an Afghan woman I'd much rather live under the Soviet aligned regime than under the mujaheddin. «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
British terrorist who supported Taliban slips back into UK after …
... of pro-jihadi websites to raise money, recruit fighters and organise supplies for terror groups including the Taliban and Chechen mujaheddin. «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Nuclear deal won't change Iran's US policy, says Khamenei
The oppressed Palestinian nation, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Bahrain, the honest mujaheddin of resistance in Lebanon and Palestine will enjoy our ... «The National, Jul 15»
4
Top 5 most wanted terrorists in India that still roam free
This Pakistani Mujaheddin leader has waged a war on India in the Kashmir valley. However, Maulana came into the limelight after he was ... «Businessinsider India, Jul 15»
5
Italia nel mirino, Isis rivendica l'attentato contro il consolato italiano …
“Raccomandiamo che i musulmani si tengano alla larga da questi covi che sono obiettivi legittimi per gli attacchi dei mujaheddin”, si legge ... «Imola Oggi, Jul 15»
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The Sordid Tale Of Ikhwan
As Victoria Schofield notes: 'Numerous Jamaat activists were eliminated together with Hizb-ul-Mujaheddin members. Ikwan-ul-muslimoon also ... «CounterCurrents.org, Jun 15»
7
From Our Own Correspondent
... Mark Urban is in Bosnia where 20 years ago the flow of mujaheddin fighters was into the former Yugoslavia but now the government there is ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
8
World View: Terror Attacks in Kuwait, France, Somalia and Tunisia …
... this morning and the dead bodies of the enemy are scattered around the area, the mujaheddin fighters have taken all their military supplies.”. «Breitbart News, Jun 15»
9
Dozens killed as Al Shabab overruns African Union base in Somalia
... scattered around the area, the mujaheddin fighters have taken all their military supplies,” said Mohamed Abu-Yahya, a Shabab commander. «The National, Jun 15»
10
'Bread or Guns?'
And it is with the aim of exercising control over the same region and the Gulf that the US militarily backed the Afghan Mujaheddin which fought ... «The Island.lk, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mujaheddin [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mujaheddin>. Apr 2024 ».
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