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Mazdak

Mazdak proper noun: 5th-century Iranian social reformer and religious activist.

Proper noun

Mazdak

  1. 5th-century Iranian social reformer and religious activist.

Origin of Mazdak

Ultimately from Middle Persian mzdk, of uncertain pronunciation (and thus of uncertain etymology). Arabic reports and translations (9th-century onwards, e.g. al-Muqaffa) have mazdak. Sources in New Persian first appear two centuries later, and have mizdak, muzdak in addition to mazdak. Conventional European language spelling is informed by Theodor Nöldeke's late 19th-century studies of the primary sources.

Words formed from Mazdak

Questions about Mazdak

What does Mazdak mean?
Mazdak means 5th-century Iranian social reformer and religious activist.
What part of speech is Mazdak?
Mazdak is a proper noun.

Words near Mazdak in the dictionary

  1. Mazdaism
  2. Mazdaist
  3. Mazdaists
  4. Mazdaite
  5. Mazdaites
  6. Mazdak
  7. Mazdakean
  8. Mazdakeans
  9. Mazdakism
  10. Mazdakist
  11. Mazdakists

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