Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- of or relating to Zoroaster or to Zoroastrianism.
noun
- one of the adherents of Zoroastrianism.
adjective
- of or relating to Zoroastrianism or Zoroaster
noun
- a follower of Zoroaster or adherent of Zoroastrianism: in modern times a Gabar or a Parsee
1743, from Zoroaster, from Latin Zoroastres, from Old Persian Zarathushtra, 6c. or 7c. B.C.E. Persian religious teacher. The name appears to be literally “whose camels are old,” from *zarant “old” (cognate with Greek geron, genitive gerontos “old;” see gerontology) + ushtra “camel.”