مهدی

See also: مهدي

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَهْدِي (mahdī, “guided”), derived from the passive participle of هَدَى (hadā, “to guide”), from the root ه د ي (h d y), related to guiding. Compare Classical Syriac ܗܕܝ (“to lead”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mah.ˈdiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɦ.d̪íː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.d̪íː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.d̪í]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæɦ.d̪íː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɦ.d̪í]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mahdī
Dari reading^?	mahdī
Iranian reading^?	mahdi
Tajik reading^?	mahdi

(colloquial) IPA^(key): [mæhˈd̪iː], [mehˈd̪iː], [meːˈd̪iː], [meːˈt̪iː]

Proper noun

مهدی • (mahdi)

(Islam) Mahdi
a male given name, Mahdi or Mehdi, from Arabic