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Zurvanism

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Etymology

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Of Persian origin, Zurvan +‎ -ism, from Middle Persian [script needed] (Zurvān), from Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬥 (zruuān, “time”).[1]

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Zurvanism (uncountable)

  1. (Zoroastrianism, historical) A now-extinct branch of Zoroastrianism that had the divinity Zurvan as its primordial creator deity.
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References

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  1. ^ de Jong, A. F. (2015). Traditions of the Magi: Zoroastrianism in Greek and Latin Literature. Netherlands: Brill, p. 332
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