holy war

English

Noun

holy war (plural holy wars)

A war that is entirely, primarily, or ostensibly religious in motivation; a war over religion.
The conflict is beginning to look like a holy war between Sunnis and Shias.
(computing, Usenet) A long-running and acrimonious debate or flame war over personal preferences in technical matters, such as the choice between little-endian and big-endian representation.
(Utah) The rivalry between the sports teams of Brigham Young University and the University of Utah.

Synonyms

(war over religion): Crusade, jihad

Translations

primarily religious war

Albanian: luftë e shenjtë
Arabic: حَرْب مُقَدَّسَة f (ḥarb muqaddasa)
Armenian: սրբազան պատերազմ (hy) (srbazan paterazm)
Belarusian: свята́я вайна́ f (svjatája vajná)
Bulgarian: свеще́на война́ f (svešténa vojná)
Chechen: гӏазот (ğazot)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 宗教戰爭／宗教战争 (zōngjiào zhànzhēng), 聖戰／圣战 (zh) (shèngzhàn)
Danish: hellig krig c
Dutch: heilige oorlog m
Finnish: pyhä sota (fi)
French: guerre sainte (fr) f
Georgian: ჯიჰადი (ǯihadi), წმინდა ომი (c̣minda omi)
German: heiliger Krieg m
Greek: ιερός πόλεμος m (ierós pólemos)
Hebrew: (jihad) ג'יהאד, מלחמת קודש
Hungarian: szent háború
Indonesian: jihad (id)
Italian: guerra santa f
Japanese: 聖戦 (ja) (せいせん, seisen)
Korean: 성전(聖戰) (seongjeon)
Malay: perang suci, perang agama, perang sabil
Persian: جهاد (fa) (jahâd)
Polish: wojna religijna (pl) f, święta wojna (pl) f
Portuguese: guerra sagrada f, guerra santa f
Romanian: război sfânt n
Russian: свяще́нная война́ f (svjaščénnaja vojná)
Spanish: guerra santa f
Swedish: heligt krig c
Tagalog: banal na digmaan
Turkish: din savaşı, cihat (tr), kutsal savaş (literal, calque)
Ukrainian: свяще́нна війна́ f (svjaščénna vijná)
Yiddish: הייליק מלחמה f (heylik milkhama)

References

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