Zoroastrian
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Zoroastrian
1735–45; < Latin Zōroastr ( ēs ) (< Greek Zōroástrēs < Avestan zaraθuštra Zarathustra ) + -ian
Example Sentences
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Perlmutter is Jewish; Thaer Ahmad is a Muslim of Palestinian descent; and Feroze Sidhwa is the son of Zoroastrian parents.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Her family is a microcosm of the diaspora, she said, with her mother, an Iranian Christian, and other relatives of various faith backgrounds, including Baha’i, Zoroastrian, secular Muslim and Sufi expressions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
That name is thought to honor the Zoroastrian Iranians’ resistance to Arab conquest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
Ratan Tata was born in 1937 in a traditional family of Parsis - a highly educated and prosperous community that traces its ancestry to Zoroastrian refugees in India.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2024
Mamou and babou mean mother and father in Dari, which is the dialect my grandparents spoke growing up Zoroastrian in Yazd.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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