Զրադաշտ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Զրադաշտ (Zradašt).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /zəɾɑˈdɑʃt/, [zəɾɑdɑ́ʃt]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /zəɾɑˈtɑʃd/, [zəɾɑtʰɑ́ʃt]
• Hyphenation: Զը‧րա‧դաշտ

Proper noun

Զրադաշտ • (Zradašt)

1. Zoroaster

Declension

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
	singular (singulare tantum)
nominative	Զրադաշտ (Zradašt)
dative	Զրադաշտի (Zradašti)
ablative	Զրադաշտից (Zradašticʻ)
instrumental	Զրադաշտով (Zradaštov)
locative	—
	definite forms
nominative	Զրադաշտը/Զրադաշտն (Zradaštə/Zradaštn)
dative	Զրադաշտին (Zradaštin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	Զրադաշտս (Zradašts)
dative	Զրադաշտիս (Zradaštis)
ablative	Զրադաշտիցս (Zradašticʻs)
instrumental	Զրադաշտովս (Zradaštovs)
locative	—
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	Զրադաշտդ (Zradaštd)
dative	Զրադաշտիդ (Zradaštid)
ablative	Զրադաշտիցդ (Zradašticʻd)
instrumental	Զրադաշտովդ (Zradaštovd)
locative	—

References

• Barseġyan, Hovhannes (2006) “Avandakan ew patmakan anjnanunneri hayeren taṙadarjutʻyan masin orošum [A Decision on Armenian Transcription of Traditional and Historic Personal Names]”, in Terminabanakan ew uġġagrakan teġekatu [Terminological and Orthographic Reference Book]‎^[2] (in Armenian), 6th edition, Yerevan: 9-rd hrashalik, →ISBN, page 60

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• Զրադեշտ (Zradešt)

Etymology

From an unattested older form *Զուրադաշտ (*Zuradašt), from an Iranian source, either Parthian [Term?] or Middle Persian 𐭦𐭫𐭲𐭥𐭱𐭲 (zltʿšt /⁠Zar(a)du(x)št⁠/). The *զուր- (*zur-) at the beginning possibly developed under the influence of զուր (zur, “vain, wrong”) as a result of Christian Armenian authors' views on Zoroastrianism, or by metathesis.

Proper noun

Զրադաշտ • (Zradašt)

1. Zoroaster
   • 5th? century, Movsēs Xorenacʻi, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of Armenia] 1.6:

     Զոր աստ ուրեմն Զրադաշտ (var. Զրադաշ) մոգ, արքայ Բակտրիացւոց, որ է Մեդաց, սկիզբն և հայր աստուածոցն ասաց լինել. և բազում այլ ինչ զնմանէ առասպելեաց, զոր անտեղի է մեզ այժմ երկրորդել։

     Zor ast uremn Zradašt (var. Zradaš) mog, arkʻay Baktriacʻwocʻ, or ē Medacʻ, skizbn ew hayr astuacocʻn asacʻ linel. ew bazum ayl inčʻ znmanē aṙaspeleacʻ, zor antełi ē mez ayžm erkrordel.

     • Translation by Robert W. Thomson

       Zradasht, the magus and king of the Bactrians, who are the Medes, said that he was the origin and father of the gods. He also said many other fables about him, which are inapposite for us to repeat now.

Declension

i-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Զրադաշտ (Zradašt)
genitive	Զրադաշտի (Zradašti)
dative	Զրադաշտի (Zradašti)
accusative	Զրադաշտ (Zradašt)
ablative	Զրադաշտէ (Zradaštē)
instrumental	Զրադաշտիւ (Zradaštiw)
locative	Զրադաշտի (Zradašti)

Derived terms

• զրադաշտական (zradaštakan)

Descendants

• → Armenian: Զրադաշտ (Zradašt) (learned)