Main Entry:

Wah·habi

Variant(s):

also Wa·habi \wə-ˈhä-bē, wä-\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Arabic wahhābī, from Muḥammad b. ʽAbd al-Wahhāb (Abdul-Wahhab) †1787 Arab religious reformer

Date:

1807

: a member of a puritanical Muslim sect founded in Arabia in the 18th century by Muhammad ibn-Abdul Wahhab and revived by ibn-Saud in the 20th century

— Wah·hab·ism also Wa·hab·ism \-ˈhä-ˌbi-zəm\ noun

— Wah·hab·ite also Wa·hab·ite \-ˌbīt\ adjective or noun