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zoroaster

/ˌzɒɹoʊˈæstəɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables
zoroast-er
IPA
/ˌzɒɹoʊˈæstəɹ/
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An ancient Iranian prophet after whom the indigenous Iranian ethnic religion, Zoroastrianism, is named, also venerated in Mithraism.

name

Pseudepigraphic name used by various Ancient Greek and Latin authors of late antiquity to lend weight to their opinions.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Zōroastrēs, from Ancient Greek Ζωροάστρης (Zōroástrēs), from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (zaraθuštra). Doublet of Zarathustra.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ζωροάστρης, 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀

Subject

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Derived Forms

Zoroastrian Zoroastric

Questions

How do you pronounce zoroaster?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌzɒɹoʊˈæstəɹ/.
What does zoroaster mean?
An ancient Iranian prophet after whom the indigenous Iranian ethnic religion, Zoroastrianism, is named, also venerated in Mithraism.
Where does zoroaster come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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