djoundi
English
Etymology
From Algerian Arabic جُندِي.
Noun
djoundi (plural djounoud)
- (historical) An Algerian Muslim soldier fighting for independence during the Algerian War.
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 84:
- Enlistment of the first F.L.N. djounoud, however, proceeded slowly […]
- 2012, David Macey, Frantz Fanon: A Biography:
- Frantz Fanon had been dead for six months when Kahn visited Ghardimaou, and it is possible that some of the djounoud he met there had been part of the honour guard that saluted Fanon's body […]
- 2004, Joanna Kilmartin, translating Anouar Benmalek, The Lovers of Algeria, p. 15:
- The djoundi with the fat red moustache grunts: "You heard, shepherd: what are you doing here?"
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 84:
French
Noun
djoundi m (plural djounoud)
- djoundi
Further reading
- “djoundi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.