زرتشت

Persian

Alternative forms

• زردشت (zardošt)
• زرادشت (zarâdošt) (dated)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭦𐭫𐭲𐭥𐭱𐭲 (zltwšt /⁠Zardu(x)št⁠/), from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬋 (zaraθuštrō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zaɾ.ˈtuʃt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zäɾ.t̪ʰʊ́ʃt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zäɾ.t̪ʰʊ́ʃt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zäɾ.t̪ʰʊ́ʃt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zäɾ.t̪ʰúʃt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zæɹ.t̪ʰóʃt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zäɾ.t̪ʰúʃt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	zartušt
Dari reading?	zartušt
Iranian reading?	zartošt
Tajik reading?	zartušt

Proper noun

Dari	زرتشت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Зартушт

زرتشت • (zartošt)

1. Zoroaster, alternatively spelt Zarathustra

Related terms

• زرتشتی (zartošti)
• اشوزرتشت (ašuzartošt)

Descendants

• → Arabic: زَرَادُشْت (zarādušt), زَرَادَشْت (zarādašt)
• → Azerbaijani: Zərdüşt
• → Turkish: Zerdüşt
• → Urdu: زَرتُشت (zartušt, zartašt)
• → Uyghur: زەردۇشت (zerdusht)
• → Uzbek: Zardusht
• → Zazaki: Zerduşt

Urdu

Alternative forms

• زردشت (zarduśt) (likely via early medieval Tajik)

Etymology

From Classical Persian زرتشت (zartušt).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zəɾ.t̪əʃt̪/

Noun

زرتشت • (zartaśt) m (Hindi spelling ज़र्तश्त)

1. Zoroaster

Related terms

• زرتشتیت (zartaśtiyat, “Zoroastrianism”)

زَرْتُشْتی (zartuśtī, “related to Zoroaster, follower of Zoroaster”)

• آتِشِ زَرْتُشْت (ātiś-e-zartuśt, “flame of Zoroaster”)