Where does “Nusayri” come from?

Nusayri (English) comes from Arabic نصيري, from Arabic ـِيّ — {{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...

Nusayri (English): A member of a prominent mystical religious group...

Definitions

  1. A member of a prominent mystical religious group...

Ancestry of “Nusayri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicنصيريan Alawite, a member of a syncretic Shia sect concentrated in Latakia and Tartus governorates in Syria
2Arabicـِيّ{{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...
Every word from Arabic ـِيّ →Every word from Arabic نصيري →