Nasirean

English

Etymology

Nasir (proper name) +‎ -ean

Adjective

Nasirean (not comparable)

1. Designating the 1232 work of ethics, Akhlaq-i Nāṣirī (Nasirean Ethics), by the Persian polymath Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1201–1274).

Translations

designating Tusi’s Akhlaq-i Nāṣirī

• Persian: please add this translation if you can

Noun

Nasirean (plural Nasireans)

1. A follower or adherent of Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī.
   • 1894, Ernest de Bunsen, “John the Baptist an Essene”, in The Masonic Review, volume 82, page 158:

     According to the transmitted narrative of his birth John was a Nasirean for life, as was every member of the Essenic order.

Anagrams

• arsenian, arsinane