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ijtihad

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
ijti-had
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of Muslim jurists or scholars making a legal or scientific judgment by independent reasoning from the Qur'an and the Sunna; discretion.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِجْتِهَاد (ijtihād, “diligence”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

ijtihads (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

mujtahid

Questions

What does ijtihad mean?
The process of Muslim jurists or scholars making a legal or scientific judgment by independent reasoning from the Qur'an and the Sunna; discretion.
Where does ijtihad come from?
Borrowed from Arabic اِجْتِهَاد (ijtihād, “diligence”).

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