Zoroaster

• Zarathustra (directly from Avestan)

From Latin Zōroastrēs, from Ancient Greek Ζωροάστρης (Zōroástrēs), from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀‎ (Zaraθuštra).

• IPA^(key): /ˌzɒɹoʊˈæstəɹ/, /ˈzɒɹoʊˌæstəɹ/

Zoroaster

1. An ancient Iranian prophet after whom the indigenous Iranian ethnic religion, Zoroastrianism, is named.
2. Pseudepigraphic name used by various Ancient Greek and Latin authors of late antiquity to lend weight to their opinions.
3. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Ostensible source/founder of Mithraism, the "mysteries" of the Roman Mysteriae Mithrae ("Mysteries of Mithras", "Mithraic Mysteries"), an astrology-centric, middle-platonic mystery cult of the 1st-4th century Roman Empire whose adherents worshiped in "caves" (i.e. Mithraea) in imitation of "Zoroaster". (Porphyry, De Antro Nympharum 6)

• Zoroastrian

Ultimately from Latin Zōroastrēs, from Ancient Greek Ζωροάστρης (Zōroástrēs), from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀‎ (zaraθuštra).

• IPA^(key): /ˌzoː.roːˈɑs.tər/, (Northern Standard Dutch) [ˌzoː.roʊ̯ˈɑs.tər]
• Hyphenation: Zo‧ro‧as‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɑstər

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1. Zoroaster

   Synonym: Zarathoestra

• zoroastriër
• zoroastrisch
• zoroastrisme
• zoroastrist

• Zarathoestra
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