Etymology

Zurvanism

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Today it means: A now-extinct branch of Zoroastrianism that had the divinity Zurvan as its primordial creator deity. Full definition →

Middle Persian [script needed] ← Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬥
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  1. Avestan · derived from𐬰𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬥“time”
  2. Middle Persian · derived from[script needed]
  3. English todayZurvanism

Of Persian origin, Zurvan + -ism, from Middle Persian [script needed] (Zurvān), from Avestan 𐬰𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬥 (zruuān, “time”).

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