Bābī

or Ba·bi

[ bah-bee ]

/ ˈbɑ bi /

noun

Also called Babism. a Persian religion, originating in the 19th century, now supplanted by Bahaʾi.

an adherent of Bābī.

Origin of Bābī

1840–50; < Persian, equivalent to Bāb (al-dīn) Bab ed-Din + Arabic -ī suffix of appurtenance

Related forms

Bab·ite

[bah-bahyt] /ˈbɑ baɪt/, adjective

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Examples from the Web for babi

No, the country of Makhno, of the Holocaust by bullet, and of Babi Yar, was not spared the anti-Semitic virus.
Bernard-Henri Levy: Ukraine’s Revolutionaries Are Not Fascists|Bernard-Henri Lévy|February 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Babi movement is a very remarkable one, and is spreading far and wide, and doing much to break the power of the priesthood.
Henry Martyn Saint and Scholar|George Smith
Fortunately besides the older Babi books, there is an abundance of Bahai literature.
Bahaism and Its Claims|Samuel Graham Wilson
The doctrines appear to be endemic in Persia, and in our own days appeared again in the Babi movement.
Bahaism and Its Claims|Samuel Graham Wilson

Abbas Effendi says,426 "It was done by a certain Babi, by sheer madness, one other person being his accomplice."
Bahaism and Its Claims|Samuel Graham Wilson
Another misrepresentation fostered by them is that of calling the Babi martyrs Bahais.
Bahaism and Its Claims|Samuel Graham Wilson

British Dictionary definitions for babi

Babi

/ (ˈbɑːbɪ) /

noun

a disciple of the Bab

another word for Babism

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