bahai

American  

[buh-hah-ee, -hahy] / bəˈhɑ i, -ˈhaɪ /

Or Bahai,

noun

plural

Bahaʾis

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.

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adjective

1. of or relating to Bahaʾi or Bahaʾis.

Baha'í British  

/ bəˈhɑːɪ /

noun

1. an adherent of the Baha'í Faith

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Baha'í Faith

Baha'i Cultural  

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of bahai

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