Meanings
proper nounZoroastrianism (uncountable)
alternative dated Zoroastrism · alternative Zarathustrism
- commonuncountableMazdaism, the surviving form of the indigenous (pre-Islamic) Iranian ethnic religion.
- uncountablescholarlyThe historical (pre-Islamic) indigenous beliefs and practices of the Iranian peoples.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsystem 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)
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Origin
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Zoroastrisme
- Zoroastrismereligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Arabic زرادشتِيَّة
- زرادشتِيَّةreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Basque Zoroastrismo
- Zoroastrismoreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Bulgarian зороастри́зъм
- зороастри́зъм (zoroastrízăm)religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Catalan mazdeisme, zoroastrisme
- mazdeismereligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
- zoroastrismereligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Chinese Cantonese 祆教, 瑣羅亞斯德教 /琐罗亚斯德教
- 祆教 (hin¹ gaau³)religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
- 瑣羅亞斯德教 /琐罗亚斯德教 (so² lo⁴ aa³ si¹ dak¹ gaau³)religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
- 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, 祆教
- 瑣羅亞斯德教 /琐罗亚斯德教 (Suǒluóyàsīdéjiào)religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
- 祆教 (Xiānjiào)religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
- 拜火教 (Bàihuǒjiào)religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
- 波斯教 (Bōsījiào)religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Czech zoroastrismus
- zoroastrismusreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Danish zarathustrianisme
- zarathustrianismereligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Dutch zoroastrisme
- zoroastrismereligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Esperanto zaratuŝtrismo
- zaratuŝtrismoreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Finnish zarathustralaisuus
- zarathustralaisuusreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
French zoroastrisme
- zoroastrismereligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
German Zoroastrismus, Zarathustrismus
- Zoroastrismusreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
- Zarathustrismusreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Greek ζωροαστρισμός
- ζωροαστρισμός (zoroastrismós)religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Hebrew אַמְגּוּשִׁיּוּת, זוֹרוֹאָסְטְרִיּוּת
- אַמְגּוּשִׁיּוּתreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
- זוֹרוֹאָסְטְרִיּוּתreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Hindi पारसी धर्म
- पारसी धर्म (pārsī dharm)religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Hungarian zoroasztrizmus, zoroasztrianizmus
- zoroasztrizmusreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
- zoroasztrianizmusreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Indonesian Zoroastrianisme
- Zoroastrianismereligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Irish Sorastrachas
- Sorastrachasreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Italian zoroastrismo
- zoroastrismoreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Japanese ゾロアスター教, 祆教
- ゾロアスター教 (Zoroasutā-kyō)religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
- 祆教 (genkyō)religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
- 拝火教 (haikakikyō)religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Korean 배화교, 조로아스터교
- 배화교 (Baehwagyo)religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
- 조로아스터교 (joroaseuteogyo)religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Latin Religio Zoroastrea, Zoroastrismus
- Religio Zoroastreareligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
- Zoroastrismusreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Latvian zoroastrisms
- zoroastrismsreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Lithuanian zoroastrizmas
- zoroastrizmasreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Norwegian Bokmål mazdaisme, zoroastrisme
- mazdaismereligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
- zoroastrismereligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
- zarathustrismereligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Persian زرتشتیگری, مزدیسنا
- زرتشتیگری (zartošti-gari)religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
- مزدیسنا (mazdayasnâ)religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Polish zaratustrianizm, zaratustryzm
- zaratustrianizmreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
- zaratustryzmreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
- zaratusztrianizmreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
- zoroastrianizmreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
- zoroastryzmreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Portuguese zoroastrismo
- zoroastrismoreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Romanian zoroastrism
- zoroastrismreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Russian зороастри́зм, маздаи́зм
- зороастри́зм (zoroastrízm)religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
- маздаи́зм (mazdaízm)religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Slovak zoroastrizmus
- zoroastrizmusreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Spanish zoroastrismo
- zoroastrismoreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Swedish zoroastrism
- zoroastrismreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Thai ศาสนาโซโรอัสเตอร์
- ศาสนาโซโรอัสเตอร์ (sàatsànăa-sohrohàttêr)religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Turkish Zerdüştçülük
- Zerdüştçülükreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Ukrainian зороастри́зм
- зороастри́зм (zoroastrýzm)religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Vietnamese Hỏa giáo, Bái hỏa giáo
- Hỏa giáoreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
- Bái hỏa giáoreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
- Hiên giáoreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Welsh Zoroastriaeth
- Zoroastriaethreligion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster
Cite this entry
APA
Zoroastrianism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zoroastrianism
MLA
“Zoroastrianism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zoroastrianism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Zoroastrianism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zoroastrianism.
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