Ζωροάστρης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (zaraθuštra).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɔː.ro.ás.trɛːs/ → /zo.roˈas.tris/ → /zo.roˈas.tris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɔː.ro.ás.trɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zo.roˈas.tre̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zo.roˈas.tris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zo.roˈas.tris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zo.roˈas.tris/

Proper noun

Ζωροᾰ́στρης • (Zōroástrēs) m (genitive Ζωροᾰ́στρου); first declension

1. Zarathustra; Zoroaster

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ζωροᾰ́στρης; τοῦ Ζωροᾰ́στρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ζωροᾰ́στρης ho Zōroástrēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ζωροᾰ́στρου toû Zōroástrou
Dative	τῷ Ζωροᾰ́στρῃ tôi Zōroástrēi
Accusative	τὸν Ζωροᾰ́στρην tòn Zōroástrēn
Vocative	Ζωροᾰ́στρη Zōroástrē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ζωροάστρης (Zoroástris)
• → Hebrew: זורואסטר (Zoroaster)
• → Latin: Zōroastrēs
  • → Aragonese: Zoroastro
  • → Catalan: Zoroastre
  • → Dutch: Zoroaster
  • → English: Zoroaster
    • → Japanese: ゾロアスター (Zoroasutā)
    • → Korean: 조로아스터 (Joroaseuteo)
  • → French: Zoroastre
  • → Galician: Zoroastro
  • → Italian: Zoroastro
  • → Russian: Зороастр (Zoroastr)
  • → Sicilian: Zuruastru
  • → Spanish: Zoroastro

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029