[Arabicmahdī,rightly guided one, Mahdi, passive participle ofhadā,to lead; seehdyinSemitic roots.] Mah′dismn. Mah′distn. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harc...
1792, from Arabicmahdiy, literally "he who is guided aright," past participle ofhada"to lead in the right way." In Islamic belief, a spiritual and temporal leader destined to appear on earth during the last days. Applied c. 1880 to insurrectionary leaders in the Sudan who claimed to be...
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That in itself, could be a sign that he could proclaim to be a reincarnation of Jesus. But I have also found that a more probable meaning of "Bashar" is "humanity", "flesh" or "flesh of a man".http://www.proz.com/kudoz.php/arabic_to_english/religion/944591-bashar.htmlIn Rev. ...