Jadidism
/dʒəˈdiːdɪzəm/noun
A late-19th- and early-20th-century Islamic modernist and educational reform movement among Muslims, especially in the Russian Empire.
Did you know?Jadid reformers promoted the usul-i jadid, or “new method,” a phonetic teaching system that helped spread literacy through Muslim communities under Russian rule.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*g-d-d
“Root associated with newness, renewal, or becoming recent; the exact proto-form is reconstructed.”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
jadīd
“New, recent, renewed.”
19th Century
Persian
jadīd
“New; used in reformist expressions such as usul-i jadid, “new method.””
Late 19th Century
Tatar and Turkic
Cedit / Jadid
“New; associated with educational and cultural reform among Muslim peoples of the Russian Empire.”
Early 20th Century
Russian
джадидизм
“Jadidism, the reform movement identified with the Jadids.”
20th Century
English
Jadidism
“The Islamic modernist reform movement, especially in Central Asia, the Volga-Ural region, and other parts of the Russian Empire.”