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Zarathustra

[ zar-uh-thoo-struh ]

noun



Zarathustra

/ ˌzærəˈθuːstrə /

noun

  1. the Avestan name of Zoroaster


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Derived Forms

  • ˌZaraˈthustric, adjectivenoun

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Other Words From

  • Zar·a·thus·tri·an [zar-, uh, -, thoo, -stree-, uh, n], adjective noun
  • Zara·thustric adjective

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Example Sentences

There is general agreement that the one author to whom at least the great bulk of the Gathas is due is Zarathustra himself.

Comparisons from Zarathustra are always forcing themselves into my mind.

Zarathustra has entered the blood of the German people like a virus from a hypodermic needle.

And the dance dies away and is lost in ethereal regions, and Zarathustra is lost to sight while dancing in distant worlds.

But when Zarathustra tries to drive out the cowardly devils in men, the cry is raised against him, "Zarathustra is godless."

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