noun
Origin: < Mandean mandayyā, lit., having knowledge (used as transl. of Gr gnōstikoi, Gnostics) < mandā, knowledge + -an
adjective
See Mandean in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also Man·dae·an
nounOrigin:
Origin: Mandean mandaya, having knowledge
Origin: , from manda, knowledge
Origin: , from earlier Aramaic manda‘, madda‘
Origin: , infinitive of yəda‘, to know; see ydע in Semitic roots
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