બાપ્તિસ્મા

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese baptismo, from Old Galician-Portuguese batismo, bautismo, baptismo, from Ecclesiastical Latin and Late Latin baptismus, baptismum, from Ancient Greek βαπτισμός (baptismós), from βαπτίζω (baptízō, “to immerse, to plunge”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑp.t̪is.mɑ/

Noun

બાપ્તિસ્મા • (bāptismā) m or n

1. (Christianity) baptism

   Synonym: ઇસ્તિબાઘ (istibāgh)

   • 1903, “Matthew 3:6”, in Pavitra śāstra:

     અને તેઓ યર્દન નદીમાં તેનાથી પાપ કબૂલ કરીને તેનાં બાપ્તિસ્મા પામ્યા.

     ane teo yardan nadīmā̃ tenāthī pāp kabūl karīne tenā̃ bāptismā pāmyā.

     and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.