معمداني

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Relative noun (nisba) and relative adjective (nisba) composed of يُوحَنَّا الْمَعْمَدَان (yūḥannā l-maʕmadān, John the Baptist) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

مَعْمَدَانِيّ (maʕmadāniyym (plural مَعْمَدَانِيُّونَ (maʕmadāniyyūna), feminine مَعْمَدَانِيَّة (maʕmadāniyya))

  1. Baptist (adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity)

Declension[edit]

Adjective[edit]

مَعْمَدَانِيّ (maʕmadāniyy) (feminine مَعْمَدَانِيَّة (maʕmadāniyya), masculine plural مَعْمَدَانِيُّونَ (maʕmadāniyyūna), feminine plural مَعْمَدَانِيَّات (maʕmadāniyyāt))

  1. Baptist (of the Baptist religious denomination)

Declension[edit]

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْمَدَانِيّ (ma'mu-dānī).

Noun[edit]

معمداني (Mâmudâni, Mamudani)

  1. baptist.
  2. a person who performs baptism.