Baháʼí

See also: bahai, Bahai, Baha'i, and Bahá'í

English

Alternative forms

Bahaʼi
Bahá'í, Baha'i
Baháí, Bahai
Behai (obsolete)

Etymology

From Classical Persian (bahā'ī). By surface analysis, Baháʼ +‎ -í.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bəˈhɑː.i/

Noun

Baháʼí (plural Baháʼís)

A follower of the Baháʼí Faith.
A follower of Baháʼu'lláh.

Synonyms

Baháʼist, Baháʼite

Hypernyms

religionist, Abrahamist

Coordinate terms

religious adherentsedit

Translations

follower of the Baháʼí Faith / follower of Baháʼu'lláh

Arabic: بَهَائِيّ m (bahāʔiyy)
Armenian: բահայի (bahayi)
Azerbaijani: bəhai
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: bahai (nl) m or f
Esperanto: bahaano
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: bahailainen
French: bahaï (fr) m, bahaïe (fr) f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Bahai (de) m or f
Hebrew: בָּהָאִי m (baha'í), בָּהָאִית f (baha'ít)
Hindi: बहाई m (bahāī)
Marathi: बहाई m (bahāī)
Occitan: please add this translation if you can
Persian: بهائی (bahâ'i)
Polish: bahaj m, bahaista (pl) m, bahaistka f
Tajik: баҳоӣ (bahoyi)
Urdu: بہائی (bahāī)
Uzbek: bahoiy (uz)

Adjective

Baháʼí (not comparable)

Pertaining to Baháʼís or beliefs held in the Baháʼí faith.

Translations

pertaining to Baháʼís or beliefs held in the Baháʼí Faith

Arabic: بَهَائِيّ (bahāʔiyy)
Armenian: բահայական (bahayakan)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 巴哈伊 (zh) (bāhā'ī)
Esperanto: Bahaa
Finnish: bahailainen
Hebrew: בָּהָאִי m (baha'í)
Hindi: बहाई (bahāī)
Marathi: बहाई (bahāī)
Persian: بهایی (fa) (bahâyi), بهائی (bahâ'i)
Polish: bahajski, bahaicki
Russian: баха́и m (baxái)

Usage notes

This spelling is preferred by practitioners of the Baháʼí Faith, in accordance with the Baháʼí orthography.

See also

Anagrams

Abiah, Bahia