"Jedi" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɛd.aɪ/ Forms: Jedi [plural]
enPR: jĕdʹī Rhymes: -aɪ 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. Etymology templates: {{coin|en|George Lucas|nat=American|occ=filmmaker}} Coined by American filmmaker George Lucas, {{der|en|ja|時代劇||‘period drama’ motion pictures about samurai|tr=jidaigeki}} Japanese 時代劇 (jidaigeki, “‘period drama’ motion pictures about samurai”) Head templates: {{en-noun|Jedi}} 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. Categories (topical): Science fiction, Fictional abilities, Fictional characters, People Translations (one of a fictional order of beings): جَدَيْ (jaday) [masculine] (Arabic), джеда́й (džedáj) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 絕地 (Chinese Mandarin), 绝地 (Juédì) (Chinese Mandarin), 傑迪 (Chinese Mandarin), 杰迪 (Jiédí) (Chinese Mandarin), 齋殆 (Chinese Mandarin), 斋殆 (Zhāidài) (Chinese Mandarin), Ĵedajo (Esperanto), Jedi [masculine] (French), Jedi [masculine] (German), ジェダイ (Jedai) (Japanese), 제다이 (Jedai) (Korean), Džedaja (Latvian), जेडाय (jeḍāy) (Marathi), Adinídíín Neitinígíí (Navajo), Jedi [masculine] (Polish), Jedi [masculine] (Portuguese), джеда́й (džedáj) [masculine] (Russian), дже́дай (džédaj) [masculine] (Russian), džedaj (Serbo-Croatian), Jedi [masculine] (Spanish), เจได (jee-dai) (Thai), джеда́й (džedáj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), дже́дай (džédaj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Jedi-en-noun-AuAplwW7 Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 75 25 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 72 28 Disambiguation of People: 77 23 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction Disambiguation of 'one of a fictional order of beings': 91 9
  2. (religion) A follower of Jediism Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-Jedi-en-noun-yy-TdELG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Topics: lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Jedicide, Jediism, Jediist, Jedi Knight, Jedi Master, Jedi mind trick

Inflected forms

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