Jedi

See also: jedi and jedí

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)

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

Derived terms

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)

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dʒɛ.daj/, /dʒe.daj/

Noun

Jedi m (plural Jedis or Jedi)

(Star Wars) Jedi

Spanish

Noun

Jedi m (plural Jedis)

Jedi (a fictional order of beings)

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