Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Relative noun (nisba) and relative adjective (nisba) composed of يُوحَنَّا الْمَعْمَدَان (yūḥannā l-maʕmadān, John the Baptist) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

مَعْمَدَانِيّ (maʕmadāniyym (plural مَعْمَدَانِيُّونَ (maʕmadāniyyūna), feminine مَعْمَدَانِيَّة (maʕmadāniyya))

  1. Baptist (adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity)

Declension edit

Adjective edit

مَعْمَدَانِيّ (maʕmadāniyy) (feminine مَعْمَدَانِيَّة (maʕmadāniyya), masculine plural مَعْمَدَانِيُّونَ (maʕmadāniyyūna), feminine plural مَعْمَدَانِيَّات (maʕmadāniyyāt))

  1. Baptist (of the Baptist religious denomination)

Declension edit

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْمَدَانِيّ (ma'mu-dānī).

Noun edit

معمداني (Mâmudâni, Mamudani)

  1. baptist.
  2. a person who performs baptism.