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Zoroaster

/ˌzɒɹoʊˈæstəɹ/

Zoroaster proper noun: an ancient Iranian prophet after whom the indigenous Iranian ethnic religion, Zoroastrianism, is named, also venerated in Mithraism.

Proper noun

Zoroaster

  1. An ancient Iranian prophet after whom the indigenous Iranian ethnic religion, Zoroastrianism, is named, also venerated in Mithraism.
  2. Pseudepigraphic name used by various Ancient Greek and Latin authors of late antiquity to lend weight to their opinions.

Zoroaster meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati and Sanskrit

Zoroaster in Hindi

founder of Zoroastrianism
ज़रथुश्त्र zarthuśtra, जारोस्टर jārosṭar, जरदुश्त jarduśt, जरतुश्त jartuśt

Zoroaster in Urdu

Zoroaster
زرتشت zartaśt

Zoroaster in Gujarati

founder of Zoroastrianism
જરથુષ્ટ્ર jarthuṣṭra, જરથોસ્ત jarthost, ઝોરોસ્ટર jhorosṭar

Zoroaster in Sanskrit

founder of Zoroastrianism
हरिदुष्ट्रः hariduṣṭraḥ
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Zoroaster in Arabic
زَرَادُشْت zarādušt, زَرَادَشْت zarādašt
Zoroaster in Persian
زردشت zardošt, زرتشت zartošt
Zoroaster in Myanmar
ဇိုရော့အက်စတာ juirau.akca.ta

Origin of Zoroaster

Learned borrowing from Latin Zōroastrēs, from Ancient Greek Ζωροάστρης (Zōroástrēs), from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (zaraθuštra). Doublet of Zarathustra.

Words formed from Zoroaster

Questions about Zoroaster

What does Zoroaster mean?
Zoroaster means an ancient Iranian prophet after whom the indigenous Iranian ethnic religion, Zoroastrianism, is named, also venerated in Mithraism.
What is Zoroaster in Hindi?
Zoroaster in Hindi is ज़रथुश्त्र (zarthuśtra), जारोस्टर (jārosṭar), जरदुश्त (jarduśt). See Zoroaster meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Zoroaster?
Zoroaster is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Zoroaster?
Zoroaster is pronounced /ˌzɒɹoʊˈæstəɹ/.

Words near Zoroaster in the dictionary

  1. Zorn's lemma
  2. Zornhau
  3. Zornhaus
  4. zornia
  5. zornias
  6. Zoroaster
  7. zoroasterid
  8. zoroasterids
  9. Zoroastrian
  10. Zoroastrianism
  11. Zoroastrianization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Zoroaster (page history and authors); زرتشت (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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