Mandaean
English edit
Etymology edit
From Mandaic [script needed] (mandaia, “those with knowledge”), from ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀ (“knowledge”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Mandaean (plural Mandaeans)
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Coordinate terms edit
- (religionists) religionist; agnostic, Asatruar, atheist, Baháʼí, Buddhist, Christian, deist, Druid, Druze, Eckist, heathen, Hindu, Jain, Jedi, Jew, Mormon, Mormonist, Muslim, Odinist, pagan, Pastafarian, Raëlian, Rastafarian, Rodnover, Samaritan, Shintoist, Sikh, Taoist, Unitarian Universalist, Wiccan, Yahwist, Yazidi, Zoroastrian (Category: en:Religion) [edit]
Translations edit
a believer in, or follower of, Mandaeism
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References edit
- ^ “Mandaean”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.