Mazdayasnian

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Avestan.

Adjective[edit]

Mazdayasnian (comparative more Mazdayasnian, superlative most Mazdayasnian)

  1. Zoroastrian; of or pertaining to the Zoroastrian religion.
    • Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)‎[1], Brill, →ISBN, page XI
      The Mazdayasnian creed attained dominance in the Achaemenid (559–336 BCE) and the Sasanian (ca. 224–651 CE) Persian Empire.