Mandaean
English
editEtymology
editFrom Mandaic [script needed] (mandaia, “those with knowledge”), from ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀ (“knowledge”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /mænˈdiː.ən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iən
- Hyphenation: Man‧dae‧an
Noun
editMandaean (plural Mandaeans)
Synonyms
editCoordinate 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, Quaker, Raëlian, Rastafarian, Rodnover, Samaritan, Shintoist, Sikh, Taoist, Unitarian Universalist, Wiccan, Yahwist, Yazidi, Zoroastrian (Category: en:Religion) [edit]
Translations
edita 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.