Zoroaster

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

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

Zoroaster

1. An ancient Iranian prophet after whom the indigenous Iranian ethnic religion, Zoroastrianism, is named, also venerated in Mithraism.
2. Pseudepigraphic name used by various Ancient Greek and Latin authors of late antiquity to lend weight to their opinions.

• 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

Zoroaster m

1. Zoroaster

   Synonym: Zarathoestra

• zoroastriër
• zoroastrisch
• zoroastrisme
• zoroastrist

• Zarathoestra
• zoroastristisch

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

• IPA^(key): /zɔ.rɔˈas.tɛr/
• Rhymes: -astɛr
• Syllabification: Zo‧ro‧as‧ter

Zoroaster m pers

1. (Zoroastrianism) Zarathustra, Zoroaster (founder of Zoroastrianism)

   Synonym: Zaratusztra

• Zoroaster in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Zoroaster in PWN's encyclopedia