Zoroastrianism

== English == === Alternative forms === Zoroastrism (dated) Zarathustrism === Etymology === From Zoroastrian +‎ -ism, influenced by Greek, Latin, Arabic and Syriac reports of Zoroaster (“Zarathustra”) as the “lawgiver” of the Iranian peoples, as reviewed in Thomas Hyde's Veterum Persarum et Parthorum et Medorum Religionis Historia, 1700. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌzɒɹəʊˈæstɹɪəˌnɪzəm/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌzoʊɹ.oʊˈæs.tɹi.əˌnɪz.əm/, /ˌzɔɹ.oʊˈæs.tɹi.əˌnɪz.əm/ === Proper noun === Zoroastrianism (uncountable) (common) Mazdaism, the surviving form of the indigenous (pre-Islamic) Iranian ethnic religion. (scholarly) The historical (pre-Islamic) indigenous beliefs and practices of the Iranian peoples. ==== Usage notes ==== The term may be considered offensive in living Iranian usage. ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Zoroastrian Zarathustrianism (coined by Hermann Lommel (and popularized by Ilya Gershevitch) to denote the prophet's own doctrine as distinguished from later accretions; from Zarathustra, Avestan language name of Zoroaster) Zarathustricism (the teachings of Younger Avestan texts, as distinct from Zarathustrianism and also from later accretions) ==== Translations ==== === See also === Mazdaism (the religion in which Ahura Mazda is the supreme divinity) Parseeism (archaic: the religion of the Parsees of the Indian subcontinent, long believed to be the only surviving community of Zoroastrians) === References ===