Proper Name guide

Zoroastrianism

name · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌzɒɹəʊˈæstɹɪəˌnɪzəm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˌzoʊɹ.oʊˈæs.tɹi.əˌnɪz.əm/
  • US: /ˌzɔɹ.oʊˈæs.tɹi.əˌnɪz.əm/

1

name

Meaning 1

Mazdaism, the surviving form of the indigenous (pre-Islamic) Iranian ethnic religion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: common, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The historical (pre-Islamic) indigenous beliefs and practices of the Iranian peoples.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: scholarly, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

system of religion founded in Persia in the 6th century BC by Zoroaster; set forth in the Zend-Avesta; based on concept of struggle between light (good) and dark (evil)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Mazdaism

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: religion, faith, religious belief

Narrower terms: Parsiism, Parseeism

History

Etymology

From Zoroastrian + -ism, influenced by Greek, Latin, Arabic and Syriac reports of Zoroaster (“Zarathustra”) as the “lawgiver” of the Iranian peoples, as reviewed in Thomas Hyde's Veterum Persarum et Parthorum et Medorum Religionis Historia, 1700.

Across languages

Translations

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Zoroastrisme — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Albanian: mazdaizm — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Arabic: زرادشتِيَّة — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Armenian: զրադաշտականություն (zradaštakanutʻyun) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Old Armenian: դեն մազդեզանց (den mazdezancʻ) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Azerbaijani: Zərdüştilik — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Azerbaijani: Məzdəizm — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Basque: Zoroastrismo — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Belarusian: зараастры́зм (zaraastrýzm) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Breton: zoroastregezh — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Bulgarian: зороастри́зъм (zoroastrízǎm) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Catalan: mazdeisme — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Catalan: zoroastrisme — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Chinese Cantonese: 祆教 (hin1 gaau3) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Chinese Cantonese: 瑣羅亞斯德教 /琐罗亚斯德教 (so2 lo4 aa3 si1 dak1 gaau3) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Chinese Cantonese: 拜火教 (baai3 fo2 gaau3) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Chinese Mandarin: 瑣羅亞斯德教 /琐罗亚斯德教 (Suǒluóyàsīdéjiào) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Chinese Mandarin: 祆教 (Xiānjiào) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拜火教 (Bàihuǒjiào) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Chinese Mandarin: 波斯教 (Bōsījiào) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Czech: zoroastrismus — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Danish: zarathustrianisme — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Dutch: zoroastrisme — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Esperanto: zaratuŝtrismo — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Finnish: zarathustralaisuus — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • French: zoroastrisme — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Galician: zoroastrismo — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Galician: mazdeísmo — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Georgian: ზოროასტრიზმი (zoroasṭrizmi) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • German: Zoroastrismus — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • German: Zarathustrismus — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Greek: ζωροαστρισμός (zoroastrismós) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Hebrew: אַמְגּוּשִׁיּוּת — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Hebrew: זוֹרוֹאָסְטְרִיּוּת — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Hindi: पारसी धर्म (pārsī dharm) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Hungarian: zoroasztrizmus — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Hungarian: zoroasztrianizmus — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Indonesian: Zoroastrianisme — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Interlingua: zoroastrismo — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Irish: Sorastrachas — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Italian: zoroastrismo — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Japanese: ゾロアスター教 (Zoroasutā-kyō) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Japanese: 祆教 (genkyō) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Japanese: 拝火教 (haikakikyō) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Kazakh: зардұштшылық (zardūştşylyq) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Kazakh: заратуштрашылдық (zaratuştraşyldyq) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Korean: 배화교 (Baehwagyo) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Korean: 조로아스터교 (joroaseuteogyo) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Northern Kurdish: zerdeştî — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Latin: Religio Zoroastrea — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Latin: Zoroastrismus — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Latvian: zoroastrisms — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Lithuanian: zoroastrizmas — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Macedonian: зороастри́зам (zoroastrízam) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mazdaisme — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Norwegian Bokmål: zoroastrisme — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Norwegian Bokmål: zarathustrisme — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Pashto: زردشتي — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Persian: زرتشتیگری (zartošti-gari) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Persian: مزدیسنا (mazdayasnâ) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭦𐭣𐭩𐭮𐭭 — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Polish: zaratustrianizm — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Polish: zaratustryzm — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Polish: zaratusztrianizm — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Polish: zoroastrianizm — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Polish: zoroastryzm — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Portuguese: zoroastrismo — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Romanian: zoroastrism — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Russian: зороастри́зм (zoroastrízm) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Russian: маздаи́зм (mazdaízm) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Serbo-Croatian: зороастријанизам — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Serbo-Croatian: зороастрѝзам — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Serbo-Croatian: заратустризам — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Serbo-Croatian: zoroastrijanizam — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Serbo-Croatian: zoroastrìzam — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Serbo-Croatian: zaratustrizam — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Slovak: zoroastrizmus — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Slovene: zoroastrstvo — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Spanish: zoroastrismo — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Swedish: zoroastrism — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Thai: ศาสนาโซโรอัสเตอร์ (sàatsànăa-sohrohàttêr) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Turkish: Zerdüştçülük — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Ukrainian: зороастри́зм (zoroastrýzm) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Uyghur: زەردۇشتىلىك (zerdushtilik) — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Vietnamese: Hỏa giáo — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Vietnamese: Bái hỏa giáo — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Vietnamese: Hiên giáo — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
  • Welsh: Zoroastriaeth — religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster