مهدی

See also: مهدي

Persian

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Arabic المَهْدِيّ (al-mahdiyy), from هَدَى (hadā).

    Pronunciation

     
     
    • (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæɦ.d̪íː]
      • (Tehrani) IPA(key): [meɦ.d̪íː], [mej.d̪íː], [mej.t̪ʰíː]

    Readings
    Classical reading? mahdī
    Dari reading? mahdī
    Iranian reading? mahdi
    Tajik reading? mahdi

    Proper noun

    مهدی • (mahdī / mahdi) (Tajik spelling Маҳдӣ)

    1. (Islam) Mahdi
    2. a male given name, Mahdi or Mehdi, from Arabic