different between jihadi vs jihadist

English

Etymology

jihad +? -i, after Arabic ?????????? (jih?diyy). Both the noun and the adjective are in occasional use since the 1960s.

Noun

jihadi (plural jihadis)

1. A jihadist.

Synonyms

• jihadist, mujahid

Adjective

jihadi (not comparable)

1. pertaining to jihad or jihadism

References

• OED online (accessed 2011)

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ??????? (jih?d).

Noun

jìh?d?? m (possessed form jìh?dìn)

1. (Islam) jihad (holy war)

Portuguese

Noun

jihadi m, f (plural jihadis)

1. (Islam) mujahid; jihadist (a Muslim engaging in jihad)

   Synonyms: jihadista, mujahid

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ??????? (jih?d).

Pronunciation

Noun

jihadi (n class, plural jihadi)

1. (Islam) jihad (holy war)

English

Etymology

jihad +? -ist. Attested from the 1910s in the sense of "a mujahid".[1]The adjectival sense of "pertaining to the jihadist movement" is from the 1960s.[2][3][4].

Noun

jihadist (plural jihadists)

1. One who participates in a jihad; a mujahid.

Synonyms

• mujahid, jihadi, takfiri

Translations

Adjective

jihadist (comparative more jihadist, superlative most jihadist)

1. Pertaining to the Islamic fundamentalist doctrine of jihadism.

Translations

Anagrams

• ijtihads