Jedi

See also: jedi, jedí, and JEDI

English

Etymology

Coined by American filmmaker George Lucas as early as 1973 (in the manuscript Journal of the Whills) and first used in his 1977 film Star Wars. Said to have been adapted from Japanese 時代劇 (jidaigeki, “‘period drama’ motion pictures about samurai”), or perhaps inspired by the words Jed (King) and Jeddak (Emperor) in the Barsoom series by Edgar Rice Burroughs, which Lucas had considered adapting to film.

Pronunciation

• enPR: jĕdʹī, IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛd.aɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Hyphenation: Jed‧i

Noun

Jedi (plural Jedi)

1. (science fiction) One of a fictional order of beings from the Star Wars universe who are gifted with heightened awareness of the Force.
2. (religion) A follower of Jediism

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Jedicide
• Jediism
• Jediist
• Jedi Knight
• Jedi Master
• Jedi mind trick

Translations

one of a fictional order of beings

• Arabic: جَدَيْ m (jaday)
• Bulgarian: джеда́й m (džedáj)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 絕地／绝地 (zh) (Juédì), 傑迪／杰迪 (Jiédí), 齋殆／斋殆 (Zhāidài)

• Esperanto: Ĵedajo
• French: Jedi (fr) m
• German: Jedi m
• Japanese: ジェダイ (Jedai)
• Korean: 제다이 (Jedai)
• Latvian: Džedaja
• Marathi: जेडाय (jeḍāy)
• Navajo: Adinídíín Neitinígíí
• Polish: Jedi (pl) m
• Portuguese: Jedi m
• Russian: джеда́й (ru) m (džedáj), дже́дай (ru) m (džédaj)
• Serbo-Croatian: džedaj
• Spanish: Jedi m
• Thai: เจได (th) (jee-dai)
• Ukrainian: джеда́й m (džedáj), дже́дай m (džédaj)

See also

• Jedi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒɛ.daj/, /dʒe.daj/

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Noun

Jedi m (plural Jedis or Jedi)

1. (Star Wars) Jedi

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Jedi.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒeˈdaj/ [ʒeˈdaɪ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɛˈdaj/ [ʒɛˈðaj]

Noun

Jedi m (plural Jedis or Jedi)

1. (Star Wars) Jedi

Spanish

Noun

Jedi m (plural Jedis)

1. Jedi (a fictional order of beings)