Ahmadi

See also: ahmadi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَحْمَدِيّ (ʔaḥmadiyy) or Persian احمدی. By surface analysis, Ahmad +‎ -i.

Adjective

Ahmadi

1. Of or relating to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (a religious movement based on Sunni Islam).

   Synonym: Ahmadist

Translations

of or relating to the Ahmadiyya

• Arabic: أَحْمَدِيّ (ʔaḥmadiyy)
• French: ahmadi (fr)
• Hindi: अहमदी (ahamdī)
• Persian:

  Dari: اَحْمَدِی (fa) (ahmadī)

  Iranian Persian: اَحْمَدی (fa) (ahmadi)

• Tajik: аҳмадӣ (ahmadi)
• Urdu: اَحْمَدی (ahmadī)

Noun

Ahmadi (plural Ahmadis)

1. A follower of the Ahmadiyya.

   Synonym: Ahmadist

   • 1984, President of Pakistan, “Long title”, in Ordinance XX‎^Wikisource, page 73:

     An Ordinance to amend the law to prohibit the Quadiani group, Lahori group and Ahmadis from indulging in anti-Islamic activities

2. A follower of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (a new religious movement based on Twelver Shia Islam).

Translations

follower of the Ahmadiyya

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: ahmadiyyalainen, ahmadi
• French: ahmadi (fr) m, ahmadie (fr) f
• Hindi: अहमदी m (ahamdī)
• Polish: Ahmadi m
• Russian: ахмади́ m or f (axmadí)

See also

• Lahori

Proper noun

Ahmadi

1. A surname from Arabic
2. A surname from Persian

Related terms

• Ahmadism
• Ahmadist
• Ahmadiyat
• Ahmadiyya

Anagrams

• Amidah

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَحْمَدِيّ (ʔaḥmadiyy, “of or associated with Ahmad”) or Persian احمدی (ahmadi, “of or associated with Ahmad”). Both are relational formations from the male given name أَحْمَد (ʔaḥmad, “Ahmad”), and the surname denotes descent from or association with someone bearing that name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹ahˈmɑː.di/, [ɑhˈmɑ̀ː.dɪ̌]
• Rhymes: -ɑːdi
• Hyphenation: Ah‧ma‧di

Proper noun

Ahmadi

1. a surname from Arabic or Persian, denoting descent from or association with someone called Ahmad

Usage notes

• As Ahmadi has entered Norwegian through families with different linguistic backgrounds, its pronunciation may vary between individual bearers.

Statistics

• As of 1 January 2026, 1,013 people registered in Norway had Ahmadi as their surname. An additional 18 had Ahmadi as their middle name/surname.

References

• “Ahmadi Family History”, citing Patrick Hanks (editor), Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, 2003 and 2006.
• “Ahmad – mannsnamn” in Store norske leksikon.