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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "primarily religious war",
"word": "banal na digmaan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "primarily religious war",
"word": "din savaşı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "primarily religious war",
"word": "cihat"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"english": "literal",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "primarily religious war",
"tags": [
"calque"
],
"word": "kutsal savaş"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "svjaščénna vijná",
"sense": "primarily religious war",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "свяще́нна війна́"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "heylik milkhama",
"sense": "primarily religious war",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "הייליק מלחמה"
}
],
"word": "holy war"
}
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