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): /zaɾˈtuʃt/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /zaɾˈtʊʃt/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /zæɾˈtoʃt/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /zaɾˈtuʃt/

Proper noun

Iranian Persian	زرتشت
Dari	زرتشت
Tajik	Зартушт (Zartušt)

زرتشت • (zartošt)

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 ‎ (zartušt).

Pronunciation

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

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /zəɾ.t̪əʃt̪/

Noun

زرتشت • (zartaśt) m (Hindi spelling ज़र्तश्त)

Zoroaster

Related terms

زرتشتیت‎ (zartaśtiyat, “Zoroastrianism”)

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

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.