n.
Variant: also Wa · habi
Pronunciation: w ə - ' hä-b ē , wä-
Function: noun
Etymology: Arabic wahh ā b ī , from Mu ḥ ammad b. 'Abd al- Wahh ā b (Abdul-Wahhab) † 1787 Arabian religious reformer
Date: 1807
: a member of a puritanical Muslim sect founded in Arabia in the 18th century by Muhammad ibn-Abdul Wahhab and revived by ibn-Saud in the 20th century
– Wah · hab · ism also Wa · hab · ism \ - ' hä- ˌ bi-z ə m \ noun
– Wah · hab · ite also Wa · hab · ite \ - ˌ b ī t \ adjective or noun