Where does “بهائیت” come from?

بهائیت (Persian) comes from Persian ـیت, from Arabic ـِيَّة — relational suffix.

بهائیت (Persian): the Baháʼí Faith

Definitions

  1. the Baháʼí Faith

Ancestry of “بهائیت”, step by step

بهائیت traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ـیت

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianـیتa condition or state of being the thing or being in the role denoted by the noun it is suffixed to; -ness
2Arabicـِيَّةrelational suffix

via Persian بهاء

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianبهاءbeauty
2Arabicبَهَاءsplendor, glory
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