English words from Middle Persian
- ZendExegetical glosses, paraphrases, commentaries and translations of the Avesta's texts.
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- ZandA member of the Zand tribe, a Laki-speaking Kurdish tribe of western Iran.
- zijAn Islamic book that tabulates parameters used for various astronomical events and movements.
- SasanThe founder of the Sasanian dynasty and the Sasanian Empire.
- Arbayistanan eastern Sassanian border province in Late Antiquity, corresponding to the Upper Mesopotamia excluding Osrhoene, bordering Adiabene in the east, Armenia in the north and Asuristan in the south
- Asuristanan important Sassanian province in Late Antiquity, corresponding to the Mesopotamia region
- GundeshapurAn ancient city in the Sasanian Empire, located in modern-day Khuzestan Province, Iran. It was founded by Shapur I and is known for its famous academy.
- KushanshahA title borne by rulers of the Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom.
- PazendA variant of Avestan alphabet used to write Middle Persian.
- spahbedthe title of the military commander or commander-in-chief in Sassanian-era Persia
- XwedodahA type of consanguine marriage practiced before the Muslim conquest of Persia.
- yashtAny of a collection of hymns and prayers.
- YazdegerdA transliteration of the Middle Persian male given name 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭪𐭫𐭲𐭩 (yzdklty) or 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭪𐭥𐭲𐭩 (Yazdegerd, Yazdgird), notably borne by several Sassanid kings.
- ZurvanismA now-extinct branch of Zoroastrianism that had the divinity Zurvan as its primordial creator deity.