mahdi
/ˈmɑːdi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A leader who, according to Sunni eschatology, will appear and restore peace and justice before the end of the world.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Ahmadis consider Mirza Ghulam Ahmed to be the Mahdi."
- ""Of course, my Lord. You asked what they were shouting, though. It was Mahdi! They directed the term at the young master. When they-" "At Paul?" "Yes, my Lord. They've a legend here, a prophecy, that a leader will come to them, a child of a Bene Gesserit, to lead them to true freedom. It follows the familiar messiah pattern.""
- "Al-Afghani was a polyglot Persian who became an international agitator, aspiring [...] to unify the Muslim masses behind the Caliph (or even the Mahdi) and to become himself the Luther of an Islamic reformation."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈmɑːdi/