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Zoroastrians

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Zo⋅ro⋅as⋅tri⋅an

  [zawr-oh-as-tree-uhn, zohr-]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to Zoroaster or to Zoroastrianism.
–noun
2. one of the adherents of Zoroastrianism.
Origin:
1735–45; < L Zōroastr(ēs) (< Gk Zōroástrēs < Avestan zaraθuštra Zarathustra ) + -ian
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Word Origin & History

Zoroastrian 
1743, from Zoroaster, from L. Zoroastres, from O.Pers. Zarathushtra, 6c. or 7c. B.C.E. Pers. religious teacher. The name appears to be lit. "whose camels are old," from *zarant "old" (cognate with Gk. geron, gen. gerontos "old") + ushtra "camel."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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