Where does “Baháí” come from?
Baháí (English) comes from Persian بهائی, from Ottoman Turkish ـی, from Persian ـی, from Middle Persian -yk', from Old Persian -𐎡𐎣, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
Ancestry of “Baháí”, step by step
Baháí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian بهائی
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | بهائی | Bahá'í |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | ـی | 3rd-person possessive suffix |
| 3 | Persian | ـی | Forms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms... |
| 4 | Middle Persian | -yk' | — |
| 5 | Old Persian | -𐎡𐎣 | of, pertaining to, belonging to, related to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -kas | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via French Baha
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Baha | — |