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): [zaɾ.ˈtuʃt]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zäɾ.t̪ʰʊ́ʃt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zäɾ.t̪ʰʊ́ʃt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zäɾ.t̪ʰúʃt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zæɹ.t̪ʰóʃt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zäɾ.t̪ʰúʃt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	zartušt
Dari reading^?	zartušt
Iranian reading^?	zartošt
Tajik reading^?	zartušt

Proper noun


Iranian Persian	زرتشت
Dari	زرتشت
Tajik	Зартушт

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/

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.