English
ghazi
Ghazi comes from Arabic غَازٍ ‘raider, holy warrior’, and goes back to غَزَا ‘to raid’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentغَزَاḡazā‘to raid’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentغَازٍḡāzī‘raider, holy warrior’active participle of غَزَا
- Englishearliest quotation 1887ghazi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Arabicc. 500–presentغَزَاḡazā‘to raid’
- Arabic, derivedc. 500–presentغَازٍḡāzī‘raider, holy warrior’active participle of غَزَا
- Englishearliest quotation 1887ghazi
Earliest quotation: 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet: “I should have fallen into the hands of the…”
Every English word from Arabic غَزَا
Today it means
noun A Muslim warrior who fights in war against non-Muslims, especially one who has won renown as a martial champion; often used as a title.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic غَزَا / ghazi