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 Baha'í

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

Example Sentences

Seals and Crofts played with the Champs — Glen Campbell was another member of the group — until the mid-’60s; they released their first album as Seals & Crofts in 1969, by which time they’d become involved in the Baha’i faith.

From Los Angeles Times

They weren’t necessarily hijab-wearing conservatives or even Muslims; my mother was Muslim but her closest friends were Baha’i and Jewish.

From The Wall Street Journal

It said it had reviewed social media accounts linked to him and found posts limited to celebrating Baha'i values and Qatari and Muslim holidays.

From Barron's

The Baha'i faith, whose global headquarters are in Israel, claims more than seven million followers worldwide.

From Barron's

Fariba Kamalabadi, a 62-year-old Baha'i detainee who was transferred from Evin to Qarchak Prison, south of the capital, has said that she "would rather have died in the attack than be transferred to such a prison".

From BBC