خونیرث
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Persian
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Persian [script needed] (hwnyls’ /xwanīrah/, “Xwanirah”), with the influence of Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬀 (xᵛaniraθa).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]خونیرث • (xuniras)
- (Zoroastrianism) Xwanirah, the central and largest of the continents in Zoroastrianism and Old Iranian Mythology, believed to be the region where the most advanced civilizations on earth reside.
- (obsolete) The homeland of the Aryan (Iranian) people.
Related terms
[edit]- هفت کشور (haft kešvar, lit. the seven continents)