Baha'í

/ bəˈhɑːɪ /

noun

1. an adherent of the Baha'í Faith

adjective

1. of or relating to the Baha'í Faith

Baha'i

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Baha'í¹

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