Article about religious leader losing a follower to a Yemeni neighbour (7)
I believe the answer is:
arabian
'yemeni neighbour' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'article about religious leader losing a follower to a' is the wordplay.
'article about' becomes 'a' (the indefinite article in English. I am not sure about the 'about' bit.).
'religious leader' becomes 'rabbi' (Jewish religious leader).
'losing' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'a follower' becomes 'b' ('b' is the follower of 'a' in the alphabet).
'to a' becomes 'an'.
'rabbi' with 'b' taken out is 'rabi'.
'a'+'rabi'+'an'='ARABIAN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for arabian that I've seen before include "telling nights" , "-- Gulf; -- Nights" , "Type of horse" , "Breed of horse" , "Of a Middle East area" .)