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mazdak

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
maz-dak
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

5th-century Iranian social reformer and religious activist.

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Persian mzdk, of uncertain pronunciation (and thus of uncertain etymology). Arabic reports and translations (9th-century onwards, e.g. al-Muqaffa) have mazdak. Sources in New Persian first appear two centuries later, and have mizdak, muzdak in addition to mazdak. Conventional European language spelling is informed by Theodor Nöldeke's late 19th-century studies of the primary sources.

Derived Forms

Mazdakite Mazdakism

Questions

What does mazdak mean?
5th-century Iranian social reformer and religious activist.
Where does mazdak come from?
Ultimately from Middle Persian mzdk, of uncertain pronunciation (and thus of uncertain etymology). Arabic reports and translations (9th-century onwards, e.g. al-Muqaffa) have mazdak. Sources in New Persian first appear two centuries later, and have mizdak, muzdak in addition to mazdak. Conventional European language spelling is informed by Theodor Nöldeke's late 19th-century studies of the primary sources.

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