English
Pronunciation
IPA|/'zÉrÉÊ'æstrɪÉn'ɪz(É)m/ (RP)
IPA|/'zo:-ro-'ae-stri-Én-'Izm/ (US)
Proper noun
en-proper noun
- General usage: Religion and philosophy based on the teachings ascribed to the prophet w:Zoroaster|Zoroaster. Also referred to as Zoroastrism and
#* Mazdaism: religion in which w:Ahura Mazda|Ahura Mazda is the supreme divinity;
#* Parseeism (archaic): religion of the w:Parsi|Parsees of the Indian subcontinent, for centuries believed to be the only surviving community of Zoroastrians.
- Scholastic usage: identifies the religion as it exists today, as distinguished from earlier forms of the religion. (see Related terms, below).
Related terms
Zoroastrian
Zarathustrianism, a term coined by Iranist Ilya Gershevitch to denote the prophet's own doctrine as distinguished from later accretions. From Zarathustra, Avestan language name of Zoroaster. Similarly,
Zarathustricism: distinguishes the teachings of Younger Avestan texts from Zarathustrianism and also from later accretions
Translations
Afghanistani Zardush Zardusht
Afrikaans Zoroastrisme
Arabic: ARchar|زرادشتÙØ©
Basque: Zoroastrismo
Bosnian: zoroastrijanizam m, zoroastrizam m, zaratustrizam m
Bulgarian: ÐоÑоаÑÑÑизÑм
Catalan: Zoroastrisme
Chinese: çç½äºæ¯å¾·æ
Croatian: zoroastrijanizam m, zoroastrizam m, zaratustrizam m
Czech: Zoroastrismus
Danish: Zarathustrianisme
Dutch: Zoroastrisme
Esperanto: ZaratuÅtrismo
Finnish: Zarathustralaisuus
French: Zoroastrisme
Georgian: ááá ááá¡á¢á áááá
German: Zoroastrismus
Greek: ÎÏÏοαÏÏÏιÏμÏÏ
Hebrew: ××ר××ס×ר××ת
Hindi: पारसॠधरà¥à¤® (pÄrsÄ« dharm)
Irish: Sorastrachas
Interlingua: Zoroastrismo
Italian: Zoroastrismo
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Japanese: ã¾ãã¢ã¹ã¿ã¼æ
Korean: ë°°íêµ
Kurdish: ZerdeÅtî
Latvian: Zoroastrisms
Lithuanian: Zoroastrizmas
Norwegian: Zoroastrisme
Pashto: FAchar|زردشتÙ
Persian: FAchar|زرتشتÛâگرÛ
Polish: Zaratusztrianizm
Portuguese: Zoroastrismo
Russian: ÐоÑоаÑÑÑизм
Serbian:
Slovak: Zoroastrizmus
Slovenian: Zoroastrstvo
Spanish: Zoroastrismo
Swedish: Zoroastrism
Thai: ศาสà¸à¸²à¹à¸à¹à¸£à¸à¸±à¸ªà¹à¸à¸à¸£à¹
Turkish: ZerdüÅtçülük
Ukranian: ÐоÑоаÑÑÑизм
Category:English nouns ending in -ism
Category:Zoroastrianism
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