Etymology

Baháʼu'lláh

Today it means: A title given to Mírzá Ḥusayn-ʻAlí Núrí (1817–1892), Persian religious leader, prophet-founder of the Baháʼí Faith. Full definition →

Classical Persian بَهَاءُاللّٰه ← Arabic بَهَاءُ ٱللّٰه
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromبَهَاءُ ٱللّٰه
  2. Classical Persian · borrowed fromبَهَاءُاللّٰه
  3. English todayBaháʼu'lláh

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَهَاءُاللّٰه (bahā'u-l-lāh), from Arabic بَهَاءُ ٱللّٰه (bahāʔu llāh, literally “glory of God”).

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