مهدی

See also: مهدي

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَهْدِي (mahdī, “guided”), derived from the passive participle of هَدَى (hadā, “to guide”), from the root ه د ي (h-d-y), related to guiding. Compare Classical Syriac ܗܕܝ (“to lead”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mah.ˈdiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɦ.d̪íː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɦ.d̪íː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.d̪íː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.d̪í]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæɦ.d̪íː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɦ.d̪í]

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

• (colloquial) IPA^(key): [mæhˈd̪iː], [mehˈd̪iː], [meːˈd̪iː], [meːˈt̪iː]

Proper noun

مهدی • (mahdi)

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