اجتهد

See also: أجتهد

Arabic

Root
ج ه د (j-h-d)

Verb

اِجْتَهَدَ • (ijtahada) VIII, non-past يَجْتَهِدُ‎ (yajtahidu)

  1. to work hard, to strive
    • 12th century CE, Al-Ghazali, The Beginning of Guidance (bidayatu l-hidayah):
      [] وَهِيَ ٱلْحَسَدُ، وَٱلْرِيَاءُ، وَٱلْعُجْبُ، فَٱجْتَهِدْ فِي تَطْهِيرِ قَلْبِكَ مِنْهَا []
      [] wa-hiya l-ḥasadu, wa-r-riyāʾu, wa-l-ʿujbu, fa-jtahid fī taṭhīri qalbika minhā []
      [] and those are envy, showiness, and arrogance. [Then] strive to purify your heart from those []

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: اجتهاد (ictihad)
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