Ahriman
Ahriman proper noun: the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, and evil.
Proper noun
Ahriman
- The hypostasis of chaos, destruction, and evil.
- [A]midst Ahriman and his hosts who had now established themselves in the Occident, and as heirs to the horns and tails of Pans and fauns, a crowd of native spirits moved; imps, giants, trolls, forest-spirits, elves and hobgoblins in and on the earth; nicks, river-sprites in the water, fiends in the...1879, Viktor Rydberg, “The Magic of the People and the Struggle of the Church against It”, in August Hjalmar Edgren, transl., The Magic of the Middle Ages: Translated from the Swedish, New York...
Ahriman meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati and Sanskrit
Ahriman in Hindi
- the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism
- अहरिमन ahriman, अहरीमन ahrīman, अहरिमान ahrimān, अस्रमन्यु asramanyu
Ahriman in Urdu
- the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism
- اَہْرِمان ahrimān, اَہْرِمَن ahriman, اَہْرِیمَن ahrīman
Ahriman in Gujarati
- the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism
- અહરીમન aharīman, અહરિમાન aharimān
Ahriman in Sanskrit
- the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism
- अस्रमन्यु asramanyu
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- Ahriman in Arabic
- أَهْرِيمَان ʔahrīmān
Forms of Ahriman
| alternative form | Ariman |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Ahirman |
| alternative form | Ahrimen |
| alternative form | Ahrimanes |
Origin of Ahriman
Derived from Classical Persian اَهْرِمَن (ahriman) or Iranian Persian اَهْریمَن (ahriman), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭧𐭫𐭬𐭭𐭩 (ʾḥlmny /ahreman/), from Avestan 𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀⸱𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎 (aŋra.maⁱniiu), compound of 𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀 (aŋra, “destruction, destructive”) and 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎 (maⁱniiu, “spirit, mind, essence, emanation etc.”). Definable through the antithetical 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀⸱𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎 (spəṇta.maⁱniiu, “bounteous spirit”). Doublet of Angra Mainyu.
Words formed from Ahriman
Questions about Ahriman
- What does Ahriman mean?
- Ahriman means the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, and evil.
- What is Ahriman in Hindi?
- Ahriman in Hindi is अहरिमन (ahriman), अहरीमन (ahrīman), अहरिमान (ahrimān). See Ahriman meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Ahriman?
- Ahriman is a proper noun.
Words near Ahriman in the dictionary
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