Bahaʾi

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.

Etymology

Origin of Bahaʾi

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