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Or⋅mazd

  [awr-muhzd]
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–noun
Ahura Mazda.
Also, Ormuzd.

Ahura Mazda

 
–noun Zoroastrianism.
the supreme creative deity, the creator of Gayomart whose omnipotence is challenged by Angra Mainyu.
Also called Mazda, Ohrmazd, Ormazd, Ormuzd.
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Ohr·mazd also Or·mazd or Or·muzd   (ôr'məzd, ôr-mŭzd')   
n.  See Ahura Mazda.

[Middle Persian, from Old Persian Ahuramazdā : ahura-, lord; see ansu- in Indo-European roots + mazdā-, wise; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.]
Or·mazd   (ôr'məzd, ôr-mŭzd')   
n.  Variant of Ohrmazd.

[Persian Hormazd, from Middle Persian Ohrmazd; see Ohrmazd.]
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