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巴哈伊

Mandarin · pinyin Bā hā yī

Baha'i (religion)

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巴: bā · greatly desire, anxiously hope
哈: hā · sound of laughter
伊: yī · third person pronoun; he, she, this, that

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1–1–1 · Ba1 ha1 yi1

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baa1 haa1 ji1

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adj

Baháʼí (pertaining to Baháʼís or beliefs held in the Baháʼí Faith)

noun

Baháʼí (follower of the Baháʼí Faith)

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