Where does “Bahá'í” come from?
Bahá'í (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.
Bahá'í (English): a follower of the Bahá'í Faith; a follower of...
Definitions
- a follower of the Bahá'í Faith; a follower of...
Ancestry of “Bahá'í”, step by step
| 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 |