ܒܗܐܝܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
From either Arabic بَهَاء (bahāʔ, “glory, splendor”) or Persian بهائی (bahâ'i) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending).
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [bahɑːˈʔɑːjɑː]
Adjective
ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܵܐ • (bahhāˀāyā) (feminine ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܬܵܐ (bahhāˀāytā), plural ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܹ̈ܐ (bahhāˀāyē))
- Baháʼí (pertaining to Baháʼís or beliefs held in the Baháʼí Faith)
Noun
ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܵܐ • (bahhāˀāyā) m sg (plural ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܹ̈ܐ (bahhāˀāyē), feminine ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܬܵܐ (bahhāˀāytā))
- Baháʼí (follower of the Baháʼí Faith / follower of Baháʼu'lláh)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝ (bahhāˀāy) | 1st person | ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܝܼ (bahhāˀāyī) | ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܲܢ (bahhāˀāyan) | |||
| construct | ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝ (bahhāˀāy) | 2nd person | ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܘܼܟ݂ (bahhāˀāyōḵ) | ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ (bahhāˀāyāḵ) | ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (bahhāˀāyawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܵܐ (bahhāˀāyā) | 3rd person | ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܹܗ (bahhāˀāyēh) | ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܵܗ̇ (bahhāˀāyāh) | ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܗܘܿܢ (bahhāˀāyhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܝܼ̈ܢ (bahhāˀāyīn) | 1st person | ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܝܼ̈ (bahhāˀāyī) | ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܲܢ̈ (bahhāˀāyan) | |||
| construct | ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܲܝ̈ (bahhāˀāyay) | 2nd person | ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (bahhāˀāyōḵ) | ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (bahhāˀāyāḵ) | ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (bahhāˀāyawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܹ̈ܐ (bahhāˀāyē) | 3rd person | ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܘܼ̈ܗܝ (bahhāˀāyūh) | ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (bahhāˀāyōh) | ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (bahhāˀāyayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܒܲܗܵܐܵܝܵܘܼܬܵܐ (bahhāˀāyāūtā, “Baháʼí Faith”)