1. Mandaean - Noun
2. Mandaean - Adjective
the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans
a member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist was the Messiah
of or relating to the Mandaean people or their language or culture
Source: WordNetAbu Zanad, an Arabic writer from Iraq who lived after the founding of Islam, in around 747 CE, wrote that at least one Mandaean community located in al-Jazira (modern northern Iraq) observed Ramadan before converting to Islam. Source: Internet