Զրադաշտ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Զրադաշտ (Zradašt).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Զրադաշտ • (Zradašt)

  1. Zoroaster

Declension

References

  • Barseġyan, Hovhannes (2006) “Avandakan ew patmakan anjnanunneri hayeren taṙadarjutʻyan masin orošum [A Decision on Armenian Transcription of Traditional and Historic Personal Names]”, in Terminabanakan ew uġġagrakan teġekatu [Terminological and Orthographic Reference Book] (in Armenian), 6th edition, Yerevan: 9-rd hrashalik, →ISBN, page 60

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • Զրադեշտ (Zradešt)

Etymology

From an unattested older form *Զուրադաշտ (*Zuradašt), from an Iranian source, either Parthian [Term?] or Middle Persian 𐭦𐭫𐭲𐭥𐭱𐭲 (zltʿšt /⁠Zar(a)du(x)št⁠/). The *զուր- (*zur-) at the beginning possibly developed under the influence of զուր (zur, vain, wrong) as a result of Christian Armenian authors' views on Zoroastrianism, or by metathesis.[1]

Proper noun

Զրադաշտ • (Zradašt)

  1. Zoroaster
    • 5th? century, Movsēs Xorenacʿi, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of Armenia] 1.6:[2][3]
      Զոր աստ ուրեմն Զրադաշտ (var. Զրադաշ) մոգ, արքայ Բակտրիացւոց, որ է Մեդաց, սկիզբն և հայր աստուածոցն ասաց լինել. և բազում այլ ինչ զնմանէ առասպելեաց, զոր անտեղի է մեզ այժմ երկրորդել։
      Zor ast uremn Zradašt (var. Zradaš) mog, arkʻay Baktriacʻwocʻ, or ē Medacʻ, skizbn ew hayr astuacocʻn asacʻ linel. ew bazum ayl inčʻ znmanē aṙaspeleacʻ, zor antełi ē mez ayžm erkrordel.
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        Zradasht, the magus and king of the Bactrians, who are the Medes, said that he was the origin and father of the gods. He also said many other fables about him, which are inapposite for us to repeat now.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: Զրադաշտ (Zradašt) (learned)

References

  1. Rüdiger Schmitt (2002) “ZOROASTER i. THE NAME”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York
  2. Movsēs Xorenacʻi (1913) M. Abeġean and S. Yarutʻiwnean, editors, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ (Patmagirkʻ hayocʻ; II.1), Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʻakan Martiroseancʻi, page 23
  3. Thomson, Robert W. (1978) Moses Khorenats‘i, History of the Armenians: translation and commentary on the literary sources, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 78

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