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Zoroastrianism

/ˌzɒɹəʊˈæstɹɪəˌnɪzəm/US/ˌzoʊɹ.oʊˈæs.tɹi.əˌnɪz.əm/

Zoroastrianism proper noun: mazdaism, the surviving form of the indigenous (pre-Islamic) Iranian ethnic religion.

Proper noun

Zoroastrianism (uncountable)

  1. (common) Mazdaism, the surviving form of the indigenous (pre-Islamic) Iranian ethnic religion.
  2. The historical (pre-Islamic) indigenous beliefs and practices of the Iranian peoples.

Zoroastrianism meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

Zoroastrianism in Hindi

religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
पारसी धर्म pārsī dharm

Zoroastrianism in Tamil

பார்சி சமயம்

Zoroastrianism in Urdu

زر تشتی مذہب

Zoroastrianism in Malayalam

ജാരതുഷ്ട്രമതം
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Zoroastrianism in Punjabi
ਪਾਰਸੀ ਧਰਮ pārsī dharam
Zoroastrianism in Pashto
زردشتي
Zoroastrianism in Arabic
زرادشتِيَّة
Zoroastrianism in Indonesian
Zoroastrianisme
Zoroastrianism in Persian
زرتشتیگری zartošti-gari, مزدیسنا mazdayasnâ
Zoroastrianism in Thai
ศาสนาโซโรอัสเตอร์ sàatsànăa-sohrohàttêr
Zoroastrianism in Vietnamese
Hỏa giáo, Bái hỏa giáo, Hiên giáo

Forms of Zoroastrianism

alternative formZarathustrism
alternative form (dated)Zoroastrism

Origin of Zoroastrianism

From Zoroastrian + -ism, influenced by Greek, Latin, Arabic and Syriac reports of Zoroaster (“Zarathustra”) as the “lawgiver” of the Iranian peoples, as reviewed in Thomas Hyde's Veterum Persarum et Parthorum et Medorum Religionis Historia, 1700.

Questions about Zoroastrianism

What does Zoroastrianism mean?
Zoroastrianism means mazdaism, the surviving form of the indigenous (pre-Islamic) Iranian ethnic religion.
What is Zoroastrianism in Hindi?
Zoroastrianism in Hindi is पारसी धर्म (pārsī dharm). See Zoroastrianism meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Zoroastrianism?
Zoroastrianism is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Zoroastrianism?
Zoroastrianism is pronounced /ˌzɒɹəʊˈæstɹɪəˌnɪzəm/ (UK).

Words near Zoroastrianism in the dictionary

  1. zornias
  2. Zoroaster
  3. zoroasterid
  4. zoroasterids
  5. Zoroastrian
  6. Zoroastrianism
  7. Zoroastrianization
  8. Zoroastrianize
  9. Zoroastrianized
  10. Zoroastrianizes
  11. Zoroastrianizing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Zoroastrianism (page history and authors); zoroastrianism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Zoroastrianism (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); zoroastrianism (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਪਾਰਸੀ ਧਰਮ (Punjabi) (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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