زرتشت

Persian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Persian 𐭦𐭫𐭲𐭥𐭱𐭲 (Zardu(x)št), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬋 (Zaraθuštrō).

Proper noun

زرتشت • (zartošt)

1. Zoroaster, alternatively spelt Zarathustra

Related terms

• زرتشتی (zartošti)
• اشوزرتشت (ašuzartošt)

Descendants

• → Arabic: زَرَادُشْت (zarādušt), زَرَادَشْت (zarādašt)
• → Armenian: Զրադաշտ (Zradašt)
• → Azerbaijani: Zərdüşt
• → Turkish: Zerdüşt
• → Uyghur: زەردۇشت‎ (zerdusht‎)
• → Zazaki: Zerduşt

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Urdu

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian زرتشت (zartošt)

Noun

زرتشت • (zartašt) m

1. Zoroaster

Related terms

• زرتشتیت (zartaštiyat, “Zoroastrianism”)