Zoroastrian

English

Etymology

From Latin Zōroastrēs + -ian.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌzɒɹəʊˈæstɹɪən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌzoʊɹ.oʊˈæs.tɹi.ən/, /ˌzɔɹ.oʊˈæs.tɹi.ən/

Noun

Zoroastrian (plural Zoroastrians)

1. a follower of Zoroastrianism

Usage notes

See the usage notes at Zoroastrianism.

Hypernyms

• religionist

Hyponyms

• Mazdakite

Coordinate terms

religious adherentsedit

• agnostic
• Asatruar
• atheist
• Baháʼí
• Buddhist
• Christian
• deist
• Druid
• Druze
• Eckist
• heathen
• Hindu
• Jain
• Jedi
• Jew
• Mormon
• Mormonist
• Muslim
• Odinist
• pagan
• Pastafarian
• Quaker
• Raëlian
• Rastafarian
• Rodnover
• Samaritan
• Shintoist
• Sikh
• Taoist
• Unitarian Universalist
• Wiccan
• Yahwist
• Yazidi
• Zoroastrian

Translations

a follower of Zoroastrianism

• Arabic: زَرَادُشْتِيّ m (zarāduštiyy), زَرَادَشْتِيّ m (zarādaštiyy)
• Armenian: զրադաշտական (hy) (zradaštakan)

  Old Armenian: մազդեզն (mazdezn)

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܙܲܪܕܘܼܫܬܵܝܵܐ m (zarduštāyā)
• Azerbaijani: zərdüşti
• Breton: zoroastrad (br) m
• Finnish: zarathustralainen (fi)
• Georgian: ცეცხლთაყვანისმცემელი (cecxltaq̇vanismcemeli), მაზდეანი (mazdeani)
• German: Zoroastrier (de)
• Greek: ζωροάστρης m (zoroástris)

  Ancient: Πύραιθος m (Púraithos)

• Indonesian: Zoroastris
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: زەردەشتی (zerdeştî)

• Macedonian: зороа́стриец m (zoroástriec)
• Ottoman Turkish: كبر (gebr)
• Persian: زرتشتی (fa) (zartošti)
• Portuguese: zoroastriano (pt) m, zoroastriana f
• Russian: зороастриец (ru) (zoroastrijec)
• Swedish: zoroastrier (sv) c
• Turkish: Zerdüştçü (tr)
• Uzbek: zardushtiy
• Welsh: Zoroastriad

Adjective

Zoroastrian (not comparable)

1. relating to or characteristic of Zoroastrianism.
2. of, by or pertaining to Zoroastrianism.

   the Zoroastrian teachings that began the religion

Hyponyms

• Mazdakite

Translations

relating to or characteristic of Zoroastrianism

• Arabic: زَرَادُشْتِيّ (zarāduštiyy), زَرَادَشْتِيّ (zarādaštiyy)
• Armenian: զրադաշտական (hy) (zradaštakan)

  Old Armenian: մազդեզական (mazdezakan)

• Finnish: zarathustralainen (fi)
• French: zoroastrien (fr)
• Georgian: ცეცხლთაყვანისმცემლური (cecxltaq̇vanismcemluri), ზოროასტრული (zoroasṭruli), ზოროასტრიული (zoroasṭriuli), მაზდეანური (mazdeanuri)
• German: zoroastrisch
• Greek: ζωροαστρικός (el) (zoroastrikós)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: زەردەشتی (zerdeştî)

• Macedonian: зороа́стриски (zoroástriski)
• Polish: zoroastrycki (pl), zoroastryjski (pl)
• Russian: зороастрийский (ru) (zoroastrijskij)
• Spanish: zoroástrico (es)
• Swedish: zoroastrisk (sv)
• Turkish: Zerdüşt (tr)
• Welsh: Zoroastriaidd