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MOUDJAHIDDIN [1 record]

Record 1 2014-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Guerilla Warfare
  • Islamism
DEF

Fundamentalist Moslem guerillas fighting in Iran and Afghanistan.

OBS

Mujahidin; Mujaheddin; Mujahideen; Mujahedin; Mujahedeen: All these terms can be written either with an upper or lower case "m." The Oxford English Dictionary uses a lower case "m." The singular form is "mujahid."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guérilla
  • Mahométisme
DEF

Combattants d'une armée de libération islamique.

OBS

On écrirait mieux des moudjahidines. Au singulier, un moudjahid.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guerrilla
  • Islamismo
OBS

La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda la grafía "muyahidín", preferible a "mujahidín".

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