Ormazd

or Or·muzd

[ awr-muhzd ]

noun

1. Ahura Mazda.

Ormazd

/ ˈɔːməzd /

noun

1. Zoroastrianism the creative deity, embodiment of good and opponent of Ahriman Also calledAhura Mazda

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ormazd¹

from Persian, from Avestan Ahura-Mazda, from ahura spirit + mazdā wise

Example Sentences

They were averse to all temples or personification of the material things, or of Ormazd.

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It need only be added that at the close of the colloquy between Zoroaster and Ormazd given in Vend.

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The inscription on his tomb at Naksh-i-Rustem attributes all that he has achieved to the favour of Ormazd.

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Then, he was restoring the temples of Ormazd which his predecessor had destroyed.

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Ormazd is the modern name, contracted from the ancient Ahura Mazda.

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