Zoroaster
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Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin Zōroastrēs, from Ancient Greek Ζωροάστρης (Zōroástrēs), from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (zaraθuštra). Doublet of Zarathustra.
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Zoroaster
- An ancient Iranian prophet after whom the indigenous Iranian ethnic religion, Zoroastrianism, is named, also venerated in Mithraism.
- Pseudepigraphic name used by various Ancient Greek and Latin authors of late antiquity to lend weight to their opinions.
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founder of Zoroastrianism
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin Zōroastrēs, from Ancient Greek Ζωροάστρης (Zōroástrēs), from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (zaraθuštra).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˌzoː.roːˈɑs.tər/, (Northern Standard Dutch) [ˌzoː.roʊ̯ˈɑs.tər]
- Hyphenation: Zo‧ro‧as‧ter
- Rhymes: -ɑstər
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Zoroaster m
- Zoroaster
- Synonym: Zarathoestra
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Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin Zōroastrēs, from Ancient Greek Ζωροάστρης (Zōroástrēs), from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (zaraθuštra). Doublet of Zaratustra and Zaratusztra.
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Zoroaster m pers
- (Zoroastrianism) Zarathustra, Zoroaster (founder of Zoroastrianism)
- Synonym: Zaratusztra
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Declension of Zoroaster
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nominative | Zoroaster |
genitive | Zoroastra |
dative | Zoroastrowi |
accusative | Zoroastra |
instrumental | Zoroastrem |
locative | Zoroastrze |
vocative | Zoroastrze |
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