Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zurvanism

/ˈzɝvəˌnɪzəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
zur-vanism
IPA
/ˈzɝvəˌnɪzəm/
23
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A now-extinct branch of Zoroastrianism that had the divinity Zurvan as its primordial creator deity.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English Zurvan Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Zurvanism Of Persian origin, Zurvan + -ism, from Middle Persian [script needed] (Zurvān), from Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬥 (zruuān, “time”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, 𐬰𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬥
  • Suffix: w:Zurvan

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈzɝvəˌnɪzəm/
  • British English: /ˈzɜːvəˌnɪzəm/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Zarvanism (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Zurvanite

Questions

How do you pronounce zurvanism?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈzɝvəˌnɪzəm/.
What does zurvanism mean?
A now-extinct branch of Zoroastrianism that had the divinity Zurvan as its primordial creator deity.
Where does zurvanism come from?
It is traced to Persian.

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