Definitions

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  • proper noun A male given name, an Arabic name meaning "splendor, glory."
  • proper noun A surname.

Etymologies

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From Arabic بهاء.

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Examples

  • Today, Baha is in 188 countries worldwide celebrate the Birth of Siyyid Ali-Muhammad, the Herald of our Faith, whom we know as the Bab.

    Brent Poirier: Celebration of the Birth of the Bab: Dawn of the Age of the Maturity of Humanity Brent Poirier 2010

  • My story of Captain Baha and the great whale Moby Cock was utterly original.

    A Reminder: Don't Fuck With the Assistant 2010

  • Therefore, as they say in Baha - 'sayonara, toots' cabobrett

    Get a US phone line anywhete in the world - $39.95 2002

  • The Ezelites must, of course, share the blame with their leader, and not the least of their disgraceful misstatements is the assertion that the Bāb assigned the name Baha-'ullah to the younger of the two half-brothers, and that Ezel had also the [non-existent] dignity of 'Second Point.'

    The Reconciliation of Races and Religions Thomas Kelly Cheyne 1878

  • Around 2000, he broke an act called the Baha Men by first going to sports arenas with an anthem that soon became inescapable everywhere, Who Let the Dogs Out.

    Who Let the Videos Out John Jurgensen 2010

  • You also have the faith that people know as the Baha'i faith, the Baha'i religion.

    CNN Transcript Jun 21, 2009 2009

  • Baha'i - Founded by Mirza Husayn-Ali (known as Baha'u'llah) in Iran in 1852, Baha'i faith emphasizes monotheism and believes in one eternal transcendent God.

    Notes and Definitions 2008

  • Concerning the word Baha’o’llah: It must be written with O and not with U.

    Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas 1844-1921 `Abdu'l-Bah�� 1882

  • [Footnote: It is a singular fact that an Ezelite source claims the name Baha-'ullah for Mirza Yaḥya.

    The Reconciliation of Races and Religions Thomas Kelly Cheyne 1878

  • The Baha is a surgically implantable system for treatment of hearing loss that works through direct bone conduction and is used to help people with chronic ear infections, congenital external auditory canal atresia and single-sided deafness who cannot benefit from conventional hearing aids.

    Fiji Times Online - Local News 2010

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