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. Another potential influence on the word "Jedi" is Hebrew ידיד (yadíd, “beloved; male friend”). In his book The Secret History of Star Wars, Michael Kaminski suggests that Lucas may have been influenced by this term when creating the name for his knights. Kaminski notes that Lucas has cited Jewish mysticism as an inspiration for his work, and that he may have been drawn to the idea of his heroes being beloved protectors.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Jedi (plural Jedi or (rare) Jedis)

1. (science fiction) One of a fictional order of beings from the Star Wars universe who are gifted with heightened awareness of the Force.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jedi.
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/

• Audio:

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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)