Wahhabi

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Wahhabi

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

noun Wahhabis · Wahabi

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

adjective Wahabi

not comparable Of or pertaining to Wahhabism.

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noun adherent of Wahhabism

中文	瓦哈比派 wǎhābǐpài
हिन्दी	वहाबी vahābī
Deutsch	Wahhabit
Русский	ваххабит vaxxabit
العربية	وَهَّابِيّ wahhābiyy, وَهَّابِيَّة wahhābiyya

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@misc{wahhabi_2026,
  title = {Wahhabi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wahhabi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}