# Զրադաշտ
## Armenian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Զրադաշտ (Zradašt).

### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Զրադաշտ • (Zradašt)
* Zoroaster

#### Declension

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular (singulare tantum) | singular (singulare tantum) |
| nominative | Զրադաշտ (Zradašt) |
| dative | Զրադաշտի (Zradašti) |
| ablative | Զրադաշտից (Zradašticʻ) |
| instrumental | Զրադաշտով (Zradaštov) |
| locative | — |
| | definite forms | definite forms | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | Զրադաշտը/Զրադաշտն (Zradaštə/Zradaštn) |
| dative | Զրադաշտին (Zradaštin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | Զրադաշտս (Zradašts) |
| dative | Զրադաշտիս (Zradaštis) |
| ablative | Զրադաշտիցս (Zradašticʻs) |
| instrumental | Զրադաշտովս (Zradaštovs) |
| locative | — |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 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]‎ (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)
* 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. ThomsonZradasht, 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.

#### Derived terms

* զրադաշտական (zradaštakan)

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: Զրադաշտ (Zradašt) (learned)

### References

* ↑ Rüdiger Schmitt (2002) “ZOROASTER i. THE NAME”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York
* ↑ Movsēs Xorenacʻi (1913) M. Abeġean and S. Yarutʻiwnean, editors, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ (Patmagirkʻ hayocʻ; II.1), Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʻakan Martiroseancʻi, page 23
* ↑ Thomson, Robert W. (1978) Moses Khorenats‘i, History of the Armenians: translation and commentary on the literary sources‎, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 78