اورمزد

Persian

Alternative forms

• هرموز (hurmūz / hormuz), هرمس (hurmus / hormos), هورمز (hūrmuz / hurmoz), هرمزد (hurmazd / hormazd), هورمزد (hūrmazd / hurmazd), ارمزد (urmazd / ormazd), هرمز (hurmuz / hormoz)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭬𐭦𐭣𐭩 (ʾwhrmzdy /⁠ōhrmazdē⁠/), from Avestan 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 (ahura mazdā); see there for more. Compare Parthian 𐭀𐭇𐭅𐭓𐭌𐭆𐭃 (ʾḥwrmzd).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔoːr.ˈmazd/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔoːɾ.mázd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔoːɾ.mázd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔoːɾ.mázd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔʊːɾ.mázd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔuːɹ.mǽzd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɵɾ.mázd̪]

• Rhymes: -azd

Readings
Classical reading?	ōrmazd
Dari reading?	ōrmazd
Iranian reading?	urmazd
Tajik reading?	ürmazd

Proper noun

اورمزد • (ōrmazd / urmazd) (Tajik spelling Ӯрмазд)

1. (Zoroastrianism) Ohrmazd, Ahura Mazda

   Synonym: اهورامزدا (ahūrāmazdā / ahurâmazdâ) — more common

2. Name of the first day of a month in Zoroastrianism.
3. (astronomy, archaic) Jupiter

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:مشتری

4. a male given name from Middle Persian

Declension

Possessive forms of اورمزد

	singular	plural
1st person (“my, our”)	اورمزدم (Urmazdam)	اورمزدمان (Urmazdemân, Urmazdemun△)
2nd person (“your”)	اورمزدت (Urmazdat, Urmazdet△)	اورمزدتان (Urmazdetân, Urmazdetun△)
3rd person (“his, her, its, their”)	اورمزدش (Urmazdaš, Urmazdeš△)	اورمزدشان (Urmazdešân, Urmazdešun△)

^△ Colloquial.