Bābī

or Ba·bi

[ bah-bee ]

noun

1. Also called Bab·ism [bah, -biz-, uh, m]. a Persian religion, originating in the 19th century, now supplanted by Bahaʾi.
2. an adherent of Bābī.

Babi

/ ˈbɑːbɪ /

noun

1. a disciple of the Bab
2. See Babism
   another word for Babism

Other Words From

• Bab·ite [bah, -bahyt], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bābī¹

First recorded in 1840–50; from Persian, equivalent to Bāb (al-dīn) + -ī a suffix indicating relationship or origin; Bab ed-Din 

Example Sentences

No, the country of Makhno, of the Holocaust by bullet, and of Babi Yar, was not spared the anti-Semitic virus.

From The Daily Beast

The term Babi is not appropriate to the religion of Baha nor to his followers.

From Project Gutenberg

Porcupine (Hystrix longicauda) landak, and, for distinction, babi landak.

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The Babi movement is a very remarkable one, and is spreading far and wide, and doing much to break the power of the priesthood.

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Babi-rusa, or hog-deer: an animal of the hog kind, with peculiar tusks resembling horns.

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Frau Babi led the way down into this hollow, which was then, luckily, free from water.

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