Mandaean

English

Etymology

From Mandaic [script needed] (mandaia, “those with knowledge”), from ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀ (“knowledge”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mænˈdiː.ən/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iən
  • Hyphenation: Man‧dae‧an

Noun

Mandaean (plural Mandaeans)

  1. (religion) A believer in, or follower of, Mandaeism

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

religious adherentsedit

Translations

References

  1. ^ “Mandaean”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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