WAHHABI


Meaning of WAHHABI in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

also Wa·habi wə-ˈhä-bē, wä-

Etymology: Arabic wahhābī, from Muḥammad b. ‘Abd al- Wahhāb (Abdul-Wahhab) died 1787 Arabic 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 -ˈhä-ˌbi-zəm noun

• Wah·hab·ite also Wa·hab·ite -ˌbīt adjective or noun

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