Zoroastrianism

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Zoroastrianism

Alternative forms edit

Zoroastrism (dated)

Etymology edit

From Zoroastrian +‎ -ism, influenced by Greek, Latin, Arabic and Syriac reports of Zoroaster (“Zarathustra”) as the “lawgiver” of the Iranian peoples, as reviewed in Thomas Hyde's Veterum Persarum et Parthorum et Medorum Religionis Historia, 1700.

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌzɒɹəʊˈæstɹɪəˌnɪzəm/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌzoʊɹ.oʊˈæs.tɹi.əˌnɪz.əm/, /ˌzɔɹ.oʊˈæs.tɹi.əˌnɪz.əm/

Proper noun edit

Zoroastrianism (uncountable)

(common) Mazdaism, the surviving form of the indigenous (pre-Islamic) Iranian ethnic religion.
(scholarly) The historical (pre-Islamic) indigenous beliefs and practices of the Iranian peoples.

Usage notes edit

The term may be considered offensive in living Iranian usage.^[1]

Coordinate terms edit

(religions) religion; agnosticism,‎ Asatru,‎ atheism,‎ Ayyavazhi,‎ Baháʼí Faith,‎ Bon,‎ Buddhism,‎ Cao Dai,‎ Cheondoism,‎ Christianity,‎ deism,‎ Druidry,‎ Druze,‎ Eckankar,‎ Heathenry,‎ Hinduism,‎ Islam,‎ Jainism,‎ Jediism,‎ Judaism,‎ Kimbanguism,‎ Odinism,‎ paganism,‎ Pastafarianism,‎ Raëlism,‎ Rastafarianism,‎ Rodnovery,‎ Romuva,‎ Samaritanism,‎ Sanamahism,‎ Shinto,‎ Sikhism,‎ Taoism,‎ Tengrism,‎ Thelema,‎ Unitarian Universalism,‎ Wicca,‎ Yahwism,‎ Yazidism,‎ Yoruba,‎ Zoroastrianism ^{(Category: en:Religion)} ^[edit]

Related terms edit

Zoroastrian
Zarathustrianism (coined by Hermann Lommel (and popularized by Ilya Gershevitch) to denote the prophet's own doctrine as distinguished from later accretions; from Zarathustra, Avestan language name of Zoroaster)
Zarathustricism (the teachings of Younger Avestan texts, as distinct from Zarathustrianism and also from later accretions)

Translations edit

religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster

Afrikaans: Zoroastrisme (af)
Albanian: mazdaizm
Arabic: زرادشتِيَّة f
Armenian: զրադաշտականություն (hy) (zradaštakanutʻyun)
Old Armenian: դեն մազդեզանց (den mazdezancʻ)
Azerbaijani: Zərdüştilik, Məzdəizm
Basque: Zoroastrismo
Belarusian: зараастры́зм m (zaraastrýzm)
Breton: zoroastregezh (br) f
Bulgarian: зороастри́зъм m (zoroastrízǎm)
Catalan: mazdeisme m, zoroastrisme m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 祆教 (hin¹ gaau³), 瑣羅亞斯德教／琐罗亚斯德教 (so² lo⁴ aa³ si¹ dak¹ gaau³), 拜火教 (baai³ fo² gaau³)

Mandarin: 祆教 (zh) (Xiānjiào), 拜火教 (zh) (Bàihuǒjiào), 瑣羅亞斯德教／琐罗亚斯德教 (zh) (Suǒluóyàsīdéjiào), 波斯教 (zh) (Bōsījiào)
Czech: zoroastrismus m
Danish: zarathustrianisme ?
Dutch: zoroastrisme (nl) n
Esperanto: zaratuŝtrismo
Finnish: zarathustralaisuus (fi)
French: zoroastrisme (fr) m
Galician: zoroastrismo m, mazdeísmo m
Georgian: ზოროასტრიზმი (zoroasṭrizmi)
German: Zoroastrismus (de) m, Zarathustrismus (de) m
Greek: ζωροαστρισμός (el) m (zoroastrismós)
Hebrew: אַמְגּוּשִׁיּוּת, זוֹרוֹאָסְטְרִיּוּת
Hindi: पारसी धर्म ? (pārsī dharm)
Hungarian: zoroasztrizmus (hu), zoroasztrianizmus
Indonesian: Zoroastrianisme
Interlingua: zoroastrismo
Irish: Sorastrachas m
Italian: zoroastrismo (it) m
Japanese: ゾロアスター教 (ja) (Zoroasutā-kyō), 祆教 (けんきょう, genkyō), 拝火教 (はいかきょう, haikakikyō)
Kazakh: зардұштшылық (zardūştşylyq), заратуштрашылдық (zaratuştraşyldyq)
Korean: 배화교 (ko) (Baehwagyo), 조로아스터교 (ko) (joroaseuteogyo)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: zerdeştî (ku)
Latin: Religio Zoroastrea f, Zoroastrismus m
Latvian: zoroastrisms m
Lithuanian: zoroastrizmas ?
Macedonian: зороастри́зам m (zoroastrízam)
Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭦𐭣𐭩𐭮𐭭 (mzdysn /⁠mazdêsn⁠/)
Norwegian: zoroastrisme ?
Pashto: زردشتي
Persian: زرتشتی‌گری (zartošti-gari), مزدیسنا (fa) (mazdayasnâ)
Polish: zaratustrianizm m, zaratustryzm m, zaratusztrianizm (pl) m, zoroastrianizm m, zoroastryzm m
Portuguese: zoroastrismo (pt) m
Romanian: zoroastrism (ro) n
Russian: зороастри́зм (ru) m (zoroastrízm), маздаи́зм (ru) m (mazdaízm)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: зороастријанизам m, зороастрѝзам m, заратустризам m

Roman: zoroastrijanizam m, zoroastrìzam (sh) m, zaratustrizam m
Slovak: zoroastrizmus m inan
Slovene: zoroastrstvo ?
Spanish: zoroastrismo (es) m
Swedish: zoroastrism (sv) ?
Thai: ศาสนาโซโรอัสเตอร์ (sàatsànăa-sohrohàttêr)
Turkish: Zerdüştçülük (tr)
Ukrainian: зороастри́зм m (zoroastrýzm)
Uyghur: زەردۇشتىلىك (zerdushtilik)
Vietnamese: Hỏa giáo, Bái hỏa giáo, Hiên giáo
Welsh: Zoroastriaeth f

References edit

^ 2010, Van Christian A. Gorder, Christianity in Persia and the Status of Non-Muslims in Modern Iran →ISBN, pages 22 and 36:
Zoroaster (Persian, Zardosht) […] is not to be considered the founder of the religion but only its apt promoter. Followers of his teachings find the term "Zoroastrian" offensive and sometimes call themselves modestly followers of "a good religion" (veh-den) or, more frequently, "worshippers of God" (Yazdan Parast).
[…]
The term “Zoroastrian” is offensive to them in the same way that the term “Mohammedan” is offensive to Muslims. Neither religion worships their founder. The term they use to describe themselves is “Yazdan Parsat.” […] Because the term Zoroastrianism is offensive, some have called them Mazdakites [sic!] given the fact that their god is Ahura Mazda. Detractors also have called them fire worshippers, which is a term that they detest.

[1] 2010, Van Christian A. Gorder, Christianity in Persia and the Status of Non-Muslims in Modern Iran →ISBN, pages 22 and 36:
Zoroaster (Persian, Zardosht) […] is not to be considered the founder of the religion but only its apt promoter. Followers of his teachings find the term "Zoroastrian" offensive and sometimes call themselves modestly followers of "a good religion" (veh-den) or, more frequently, "worshippers of God" (Yazdan Parast).
[…]
The term “Zoroastrian” is offensive to them in the same way that the term “Mohammedan” is offensive to Muslims. Neither religion worships their founder. The term they use to describe themselves is “Yazdan Parsat.” […] Because the term Zoroastrianism is offensive, some have called them Mazdakites [sic!] given the fact that their god is Ahura Mazda. Detractors also have called them fire worshippers, which is a term that they detest.

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