Bahaʾi

or Ba·ha·i, Ba·hā·ʾī

[ buh-hah-ee, -hahy ]

noun,plural Ba·ha·ʾis.
  1. a religion founded in Iran in 1863 by Husayn ʿAlī (called Bahaullah), teaching the essential worth of all religions, the unity of all peoples, and the equality of the sexes.

  2. an adherent of Bahaʾi.

adjective
  1. of or relating to Bahaʾi or Bahaʾis.

Origin of Bahaʾi

1
First recorded in 1885–90; from Persian, from Arabic bahāʾ (Allāh) Bahaullah, literally, “splendor (of God”) + a suffix indicating relationship or origin

Words Nearby Bahaʾi

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How to use Bahaʾi in a sentence

  • But to find the supreme example of Bahai tagiya we have to go to the fountainhead.

    Bahaism and Its Claims | Samuel Graham Wilson

British Dictionary definitions for Baha'í

Baha'í

/ (bəˈhɑːɪ) /


noun
  1. an adherent of the Baha'í Faith

adjective
  1. of or relating to the Baha'í Faith

Origin of Baha'í

1
from Persian bahā'ī, literally: of glory, from bahā' u'llāh glory of God, from Arabic

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Cultural definitions for Baha'i

Baha'i

[ (bah-hah-ee, buh-heye) ]


A teacher or follower of Bahaism, a religion advocating universal peace and stressing the spiritual unity of humankind. It was founded in 1863 in Persia as an offshoot of an earlier sect called Babism.

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