مجتهد

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of اِجْتَهَدَ (ijtahada, to work hard, to strive), from the root ج ه د (j-h-d).

Adjective

مُجْتَهِد (mujtahid) (feminine مُجْتَهِدَة (mujtahida), masculine plural مُجْتَهِدُون (mujtahidūn), feminine plural مُجْتَهِدَات (mujtahidāt))

  1. diligent, hardworking, industrious
  2. exerting, striving

Declension

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), مجتهد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), جهد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

مُجْتَهِد (mujtahid) m (plural مُجْتَهِدُون (mujtahidūn))

  1. (Islamic law) mujtahid (lawyer entitled to give decisions)

Declension

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), مجتهد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), جهد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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