زرتشت

Persian

Alternative forms

زردشت (zardušt / zardošt)
زرادشت (zarādušt / zarâdošt) (dated)
زراتشت (zarātušt / zarâtošt) (dated)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (zaraθuštra)bor.

Middle Persian 𐫉𐫡𐫅𐫇𐫢𐫤 (zrdwšt /⁠Zardu(x)št⁠/)

Persian

Inherited from Middle Persian 𐫉𐫡𐫅𐫇𐫢𐫤 (zrdwšt /⁠Zardu(x)št⁠/), borrowed from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (zaraθuštra).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /zar.ˈtuʃt/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zäɾ.t̪ʰʊ́ʃt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zäɾ.t̪ʰʊ́ʃt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zäɾ.t̪ʰúʃt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zæɹ.t̪ʰóʃt̪ʰ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zäɾ.t̪ʰúʃt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	zartušt
Dari reading^?	zartušt
Iranian reading^?	zartošt
Tajik reading^?	zartušt

Proper noun

زرتشت • (zartušt / zartošt) (Tajik spelling Зартушт)

(Zoroastrianism) Zoroaster, alternatively spelt Zarathustra

Derived terms

اشوزرتشت (ašuzartošt)
دین زرتشت (din-e zartošt)
زرتشتی (zartošti)

Descendants

> Tajik: Зартушт (Zartušt) (inherited)
→ Arabic: زَرَادُشْت (zarādušt), زَرَادَشْت (zarādašt)
→ Azerbaijani: Zərdüşt
→ Chagatai:
- Uyghur: زەردۇشت (zerdusht)
- Uzbek: Zardusht
→ Gujarati: જરતોસ્ત (jartost)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: ज़रतुश्त (zartuśt), ज़र्तश्त (zartaśt)

Urdu: زَرتُشت (zartušt, zartašt), زردشت (zarduśt)
→ Turkish: Zerdüşt
→ Zazaki: Zerduşt

Urdu

Alternative forms

زردشت (zarduśt)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (zartušt).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /zəɾ.t̪əʃt̪/, /zəɾ.t̪ʊʃt̪/

Noun

زرتشت • (zartaśt or zartuśt) m (Hindi spelling ज़रतश्त or ज़रतुश्त)

(Zoroastrianism) Zoroaster

Related terms

زرتشتیت (zartaśtiyat, “Zoroastrianism”)
زَرْتُشْتی (zartuśtī, “related to Zoroaster, follower of Zoroaster”)
آتِشِ زَرْتُشْت (ātiś-e-zartuśt, “flame of Zoroaster”)