BAHAI

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Ba⋅ha⋅ʾi

[buh-hah-ee, -hahy]

noun, plural -ha⋅ʾis, adjective

–noun

1.	a religion founded in Iran in 1863 by Husayn ʿAlī (called Bahaullah) teaching the essential worth of all religions, the unity of all races, and the equality of the sexes.

2.	an adherent of Bahaʾi.

–adjective

3.	of or pertaining to Bahaʾi or Bahaʾis.

Also, Ba⋅ha⋅i, Ba⋅hā⋅ʾī.

Origin:
< Pers < Ar bahāʾ (Allāh) Bahaullah, lit., splendor (of God) + -ī suffix of appurtenance

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bahai
adjective
1.	of or relating to Bahaism
noun
1.	a teacher of or believer in Bahaism

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