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 بَهَائِی (bahā'ī). By surface analysis, Baháʼ +‎ -í.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈhɑː.i/

Noun

Baháʼí (plural Baháʼís)

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

Synonyms

• Baháʼist, Baháʼite

Hypernyms

• religionist, Abrahamist

Coordinate terms

religious adherentsedit

• agnostic
• Asatruar
• atheist
• Baháʼí
• Buddhist
• Christian
• deist
• Druid
• Druze
• Eckist
• heathen
• Hindu
• Jain
• Jedi
• Jew
• Mormon
• Mormonist
• Muslim
• Odinist
• pagan
• Pastafarian
• Quaker
• Raëlian
• Rastafarian
• Rodnover
• Samaritan
• Shintoist
• Sikh
• Taoist
• Unitarian Universalist
• Wiccan
• Yahwist
• Yazidi
• Zoroastrian

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)

1. 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

• 🟙
• Baháʼí Faith
• Baháʼism

Anagrams

• Abiah, Bahia