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O Glory of the All-Glorious!
God bless you all. This extensive
multilingual glossary is a personal
project. I develop Dialectical
metaRealism™ (an eclectic version of
critical realism) and apply it, through
Heartfulness Inquiry™, to sociology,
including religious studies, along with
many other subject areas. My selection
criteria combine The Unicentric
Paradigm™ with simple personal
interest. If one or more of the original
languages are not displaying properly,
you do not have the relevant Unicode
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However, it is not for further distribution
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Arabic (ʾal-ʿArabiyyaẗ), the default
language for any non-English words
defined in this text, is transliterated
according to my own system★. Pāḷi, a
language which is now only studied by
buddhologists, other scholars, and
Buddhist scholar-practitioners, is
conventionally transcribed with the
Dēvanāgarī Sanskrit (Saṃskṛtam) script.
Modern Hindī, Angikā, Nepālī, and,
sometimes, Marāṭhī, Koṃkaṇī, Kashmiri
(Kaśura), and ʾUrdū are also written in
Dēvanāgarī. Sanskrit, Pāḷi, Hindī,
Angikā, Nepālī, Marāṭhī, Koṃkaṇī, and
Kashmiri are Romanized using the
International Alphabet of Sanskrit
Transliteration (IAST).
Please also note that the glossary is an
ongoing project. It is primarily intended
for browsing. Any errors in scholarship
are entirely my own, including with
translations, transliterations, and
Romanizations (rough transliterations). I
am only fluent in English, but through
hard study, and with the help of my
personal library and online sources, I
have been relearning Hebrew and
working my way through the other
languages, especially Arabic. Needless to
say, praises go to God alone (ʾal-
ḥamdu͗ lla̍ h). For me, focusing on
translation, transliteration, and
Romanization has been a way to draw
close, in my heart, to the individuals and
ideas being discussed. Perhaps your own
experiences have been similar. Learning
any language comes through love.
1. Aamadu Bamba Mbàkke (Wolof
language), 1853–1927, of Senegal
(French, le Sénégal, or Wolof
language, Senegaal) inspired the
development of ʾal-Ṭarīqaẗ ʾal-
Murīdiyyaẗ (see glossary entry).
His Arabic name was ꞌAḥmad
ʾibn Muḥammad ʾibn Ḥabīb
ʾAlla̍ h (الله بيِبحَ نبْ ِا دمَّ حَ مُ نبْ ِا دمَ حْ َأ), the
highly praised one, son of
Muḥammad, son of the Friend
(or the Beloved) of God. He was
also known by the title, H̱ ādim
ʾal-Rrasūl (لوسُ رَّ لا مدِ اخَ ), servant of
the Messenger (Muḥammad). See
also the glossary entry, ʾal-Rasūl.
َ ْ
2. ʾal-ꞌAb (بلأا) or ʾal-ʾÂb (بلْا) is
the Father (Baháʼuʼlláh). ʾal-
ʾÂbāˁ (ءاَبلْا) is the plural form
(collectively, “fathers” or
َ
“parents”). ʾal-ꞌAbawāni ( نِ اوَبلأا),
the dual form, is the parents.
َ
ꞌAbawānī (يِناوَبأ), the possessive
or an appurtenance of ꞌabawān
(ناوبأ), is my parents. ꞌAbū (وُبا) is
a combining or constructing form
(“father of”), as in ʾAbū ʾal-Naǧib
Suḥrawardī (see glossary entry)
and ꞌIbrāhīm ʾibn Ṣamūꞌīl ꞌAbū
ʾal-ʿAfiyaẗ (see the glossary entry,
ʾẠḇərāhām bẹn Šəmūʾēl
ʾAbūləʿạp̄ əyāh).
َ
3. ʾal-ꞌAbaʿād ʾal-ḍāfiyyaẗ ( داعبْ لأا
ةَّيِفاضَ لا), dimensions additional (or
dimensions exhaustive), is
extradimensionality.
ʾal-Kāꞌin ʾal-ḥayya min ʾal-

ꞌabaʿād ʾal-ḍāfiyyaẗ ( نِئاكلا
ةَّيِفاضَ لا داعبْ َلأا نْ مِ ي حَ لا), being
living from dimensions
additional (or dimensions
exhaustive), is my term for
extradimensional being. ʾal-
Kāꞌināt ʾal-ḥayyaẗ min ʾal-
ꞌabaʿād ʾal-ḍāfiyyaẗ ( تاَنِئاكَ لْ ا
ةَّيِفاضَ لا داعبْ َلأا نْ مِ ة يحلا), beings
living from dimensions
additional (or dimensions
exhaustive), is the plural
form.
Ultimately, relative reality

(see the glossary entry, ʾal-
Nisbiyyaẗ) or diversity (see
the glossary entry, ʾal-Farq)
is extradimensionality
(multiple planes of existence).
Compare with the glossary entry,
ʾal-Taʿaddud ʾal-ꞌabaʿād. See also
the glossary entry, ʾal-Ẓẓawāhiru
ʾal-ꞌabaʿād ʾal-ḍāfiyyaẗ.
َ
4. ʾal-ꞌAbaʿād ʾal-ddāẖiliyyaẗ ( داعبْ لأا
ةَّيلِ خِ اَّدلا), dimensions interior, is
inner-dimensionality
(alternatively,
endodimensionality,
entodimensionality, or
esodimensionality). This term
refers to the World of Dreams
(see the glossary entry, ʾal-ʿĀlam
ʾal-Bāṭin) of Archangels (see the
glossary entry, ʾal-Malāꞌikaẗ
ʿAllaỳ). ʾal-Kāꞌināt ʾal-ꞌabaʿād
ʾal-ddāẖiliyyaẗ ( داعبْ َلأا تاَنِئاكَ لْ ا
ةَّيلِ خِ اَّدلا), beings of the dimensions
interior, are inner-dimensional
beings. ʾal-Kāꞌin ʾal-ꞌabaʿād ʾal-
ddāẖiliyyaẗ (ةَّيلِ خِ اَّدلا داعبْ َلأا نِئاكلا),
being of the dimensions interior,
is the singular form.
ْ
5. ʾal-ʾÂbāˁ ʾal-kanīsaẗ (ةسَ يِنكَ لا ءاَبلْا),
the fathers (or the parents) of the
church, is patristics. Compare
with the glossary entry, ʾal-
Ddirāsaẗ ʾal-ḥayyāẗ wa-maḏhab
ʾal-bābāwāt.
6. ʾal-ꞌAbālātšiyā (اَيشِ ْتلََ اَبَلأا) is
Appalachia. See also the glossary
entry, ʾal-Mūsīqaỳ ʾal-šaʿbiyyaẗ
ʾal-ꞌAbalāš.
ْ
7. ʿAbara ʾal-šaẖṣiyyaẗ (ة يصِ خشَ لا رَ َبعَ )
is cross, trans, through, or over
personality. It is an Arabic term
for transpersonality or, as an
adjective or appurtenance,
transpersonal (i.e., beyond the
personal). See also the glossary
entry, Rāˁ ʾal-ʿilmu ʾal-nafs.
8. ʾal-ʿAbaṯiyyaẗ (ةَّيِثَبَعلا), absurdism
(French, absurdisme), is
associated with various writers,
ْ َ
including Albert Camus (ومُ اكَ ريبِ لأ,
ꞌAlbīr Kāmū), 1913-1960 A.D.
Absurdism, which focuses on the
dissonance (see the glossary
entry, ʾal-Naẓariyyaẗ ʾal-tanāfur)
arising between an individualʼs
search for meaning and a
meaningless universe, is,
arguably, an offshoot from
existentialism (see the glossary
entries, ʾal-Mārksiyyaẗu ʾal-
Wuǧūdiyaẗ and ʾal-Wuǧūdiyaẗ).
Camus and self-styled
existentialist philosopher Jean-
Paul Sartre were estranged
friends. ʾal-ʿAbaṯiyy ( ي ِثَبَعلا), the
possessive or an appurtenance, is
the absurd (or the absurd one).
9. ʾĀḇ-hā-ʾẠynūʾ hā-Mạləʾāḵə
(Hebrew, ךְאָ לְ מַ הָ אֻניאַ הָ ־באָ ), ꞌAb-
ʾal-ꞌAynū ʾal-Malāk ( وُنيْ َلأا ـ بَأ
كلََ مَ لْ ا), Pidar-i ʾÂynū Farištah
(Persian, هَتشْ رِ َف وُنيْ آ رِ َدپ), or Pūpa-i
ِ
ُ
ʿAynū Farištah (ʾUrdū, ونيعَ ِِ پَ وُپ
ہَتشْ رِ َف) is Father of the Ainu the
Angel, possibly among the
Guardian Angels (see the glossary
entries, ʾal-Ḥafaẓaẗ and ʾal-
Malāk ʾal-Ḥāris) residing in the
World of Dreams (see the
glossary entry, ʾal-ʿĀlam ʾal-
ꞌAhlām). My added Hebrew
vowel-points are only
approximations.
10. ʾẠbbāʾ (Hebrew, אבָ אַ ) is
father. “And he [Jesus] said,
Abba, Father, all things are
possible unto thee; remove this
cup from me: howbeit not what I
will, but what thou wilt.” (Jesus
quoted in Mark 14:36. American
Standard Version. 1901.)
11. ʾal-ʿAbd (دبْ َعلا), with ʾal-ʿabīd
(ديِبَعلا) and ʾal-ʿubdān (نادبْ ُعلا) as
plural forms, is “the servant” or
“the slave.”
َ
12. ʾal-ꞌAbdāl (لاَدبْ لأا), or ʾal-
badīl (ليدِ َبلا) in the singular form,
are the substitutes. They are the
mystic pool of Ṣūfiyy leaders,
directly below the quṭb, from
whom the next living quṭb is
selected. See glossary entry, ʾal-
Quṭb.
13. ʿAbd ʾul-Bahāˁ, ʿAbd ʾal-
Bahāˁ, or, conventionally,
‘Abduʼl-Bahá (ءاهَ َبلا دبْ عَ ), is
Servant of the Light, Glory, or
Splendor (1844-1921 A.D.).
ʿẠbədūl-Bạhāʾ (Hebrew, ־לוּדּבְ עַ
אהָ בַ ) is a Hebraized spelling (with
my own approximated vowel-
points). The full form of the
Belovedʼs title and name is ʿAbd
ʾul-Bahāˁ ʿAbbās, ʿAbd ʾal-Bahāˁ
ʿAbbās, or, conventionally,
‘Abduʼl-Bahá ‘Abbás ( ءاهَ َبلا دبْ عَ
ساَّبع). ʿAbdu͗ l-Bahā ʿAbbās
(Persian, ساَّبع اهَ َبلْ ُادبْ عَ , or ʾUrdū,
ساَّبع اہَ َبلْ ُادبْ عَ ) is a transliteration of
the Persianized and ʾUrdūized
Arabic spellings. In His stylized
signature, He commonly used the
initials of His title and name, ʿ ʿ
(ع ع), pronounced ʿAyn ʿAyn (نيْ عَ
نيْ عَ ). I have included numerous