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Wahhabi

Wahhabi noun: an adherent of Wahhabism (Sunni Islamic fundamentalist reform movement).

Noun

Wahhabi (plural Wahhabis)

  1. An adherent of Wahhabism (Sunni Islamic fundamentalist reform movement).
    Synonyms:
    Wahhabist, Wahhabite

Adjective

Wahhabi (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Wahhabism.

Wahhabi meaning in Hindi and Tamil

Wahhabi in Hindi

adherent of Wahhabism
वहाबी vahābī

Wahhabi in Tamil

இசுலாமிய கிளைப் பிரிவினர்

Synonyms of Wahhabi

Forms of Wahhabi

pluralWahhabis
alternative formWahabi

Origin of Wahhabi

Borrowed from Arabic وَهَّابِيّ (wahhābiyy, “Wahhabi”), ultimately named after Islam theologian Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. Equivalent to Wahhab + -i.

Words formed from Wahhabi

Questions about Wahhabi

What does Wahhabi mean?
Wahhabi means an adherent of Wahhabism (Sunni Islamic fundamentalist reform movement).
What is Wahhabi in Hindi?
Wahhabi in Hindi is वहाबी (vahābī). See Wahhabi meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Wahhabi?
Wahhabi can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Wahhabi?
The plural of Wahhabi is Wahhabis.

Words near Wahhabi in the dictionary

  1. Wahehe
  2. Wahengbam
  3. wahey
  4. Wahgi
  5. Wahgunyah
  6. Wahhabi
  7. Wahhabiism
  8. Wahhabis
  9. Wahhabism
  10. Wahhabist
  11. Wahhabists

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Wahhabi (page history and authors); wahhabi (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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