Zarijanian glossary

This is a list of terms in the Zarijanian language of the Sixteenth Age, the language of the monotheist empire of Zarijana.

A

* ab - water
* abakhsha dam - I am sorry
* Ābān - October
* abigarna - penalty
* Ādineh - Friday
* ādrang - one who makes sure, a subject
* afrasong - to preach
* afrasongi - evangelism, preaching
* afrasongvar - preacher
* āfritīm - blessing
* afsānag - myth
* afsāng - fiction
* ahlomog - heretic
* aish - love
* aja - iron
* ajazird - ruthless
* ājapta - riches, wealth
* ak - wrong, harmful
* aka - evil
* akman - incorrect, harmful, hurtful
* akmana - wrongful thinking, heresy, lies
* akmantar - heretic, liar, tormentor, abuser
* akoman - heresy
* akomannegāh, komannegāh - searching for heresy, inquisition
* aktash - perversion
* ākhshtar - ally
* ākhshti - friendship, peace
* amādās - refined
* Amerta Spenta - Archangels, holy beings assisting God
	+ Colloquially as Amesha Spentas, after a later scripture.
* Amordād - July
* amurdad - immortality, no death
* a-nagor - endless
* andarz - advice
* angu - life
* angush - life, conditions
* āpād - thriving, prosperous, populous, people
* apākhtar - backwards
* araska - envy, greed, hubris
* arashjand - envious, jealous, greedy, arrogant
* arbegur - terror
* arbegurgār, begurvar - terrorist
* archa - bear
* Ardī-vahisht - April
* arei - to be worthy
* areza - half, division
* armad - devotion, service
* Ārmatōish - February
* Arozaja - the East, the continent of Darros
* arsha - great bear
* arta - truth, order, honour
* Artabūm - Realm of Truth, Zarijana (and its allies)
* Artajazda - the True God, God Almighty
* artamaoga - distorter of truth, heretic, deceiver
* artaresān - (good) propaganda
* artava - truthful, righteous
* Arta Vahisht - best truth
* -as - (plural, for most words)
* asar - endless
* ast(i) - is
* asht - eight
* āshub - riot, disorder, horde, enemy army
* atar - holy fire
* atashkad - large temple, cathedral
* atur - fire
* ava - down, west
* avadaisa - statement, sentence, line, row
* aveh - help
* avistād - expert, he who stands (on a high grade or level of knowledge)
* avra - cloud
* avretam - value, treasure
* az - after, from
* az- - ex-, outer
* āzād - free, independent
* Azar - November
* āzāta - independence, liberty
* Azpusja - Minastanians, Exiled Sons, Illegitimate Sons
* Azpuzjam - Minastan, Land of the Exiles
* azzusht - to taste
* āzūtisha - prosperity
* azvan - path, way

B

* ba - towards
* bādaka - arm
* bālā - up, above
* bar - on, over, on top
* barda - slave
* bardagi - slavery
* barz - high, supreme, paramount
* barzimar-i - patriarchy
* baved - benefit
* be- - without, non-
* behzor - to force, compulsion
* betparast - heathen, pagan, nonbeliever, foreigner
* bish - twice, bi-
* bishkod - twice-child, clone
* bishkod kar - to clone
* bishaz - to heal
* boz - goat
* brādar - brother, good friend, ally
* brazman - to teach someone to be better
* brazmanija - honourable, courteous, well-mannered, civilised
* budan - to be
* būm - land, realm, earth
* būshjast - idleness

Ch
--

* chakhra - wheel, disk
* chargaosh - four corners, the world
* charshanbeh - Wednesday
* chins - to choose, to decide, to determine
* chinsa - decision, choice
* chirāg - lamp
* chisra - race, ethnic group
* chisradvesh, chisdvesh - racism
* chisdveshgār - a racist
* chitīm - punishment
* choist - to look, to observe
* choistar - observer, director

D

* dabōman - trickery
* daeva - great demon
* daevango - demons
* daez - wall
* daeza - boundary, great wall
* dafenja - one who is tortured
* dāh - region
* dāhjumāich - regional
* dahma - civilised
* dāi - to give
* daingu - province
* dāiti - to give, to bestow
* dāitīm - legitimate, proper
* daitvant - violator
* dakhsh - to teach
* dakhshta - sign, symbol
* dam - house
* dām - I
* dānishan - science
* danu - archery bow
* danuvja - archer
* daor - wood
* dapī - to write
* dār - to have
* darakhshan - shining, radiant
* darash - sparkle, flash
* darashmjad - "shining table", the game of hnefatafl introduced by Norse merchants.
* darbemesar, darbe(n)ser, damesar - house of fire, temple, church, chapel
* daresgarā - auxiliary
* daresra - to support
	+ *Dām Mazdajasni ast, Zarasushtro daresvand, vī-daevo, Ahura tekaesho, Amerta-Spento staota, Amerta Spento jashtā* - I am a Mazdajasni, a supporter of Zaratushtra, against the demons, in the teachings of the Ahuras, and am one who praises and honours the archangels.
* dasa - to provide, providence, blessing
* dast - hand
* dastūr - high priest, bishop
* Dasush - the Creator, God
* Dasushō - December, Month of the Creator
* dashna - right
* dātabar - law-bearer, judge
* dātar - creator
* dausht - great friend
* davesh - hatred
* dēn, daena - religion
* dervat - health
	+ *Hu mi-koni o dīgarano na abājed. Vai shījad ast, chūn vai freni dervat-at ī shījad-at.* - Doing good to others is not a duty. It is a joy, for it increases your health and happiness.
* dīgar - other
* digārdjens - heterosexual
* digārdjensgarā - a heterosexual
* dīgari - diversity
* dīv - demon
* do - two
* dofash - sorrow
* doshanbeh - Monday
* dosht - friend
* dotīgar - secondly, alternative
* -dra, -sar - tool or instrument of
* drafsha - banner
* drāja - sea
* drudj - lie, deceit, falsehood
* Drudjbūm - Realm of Lies, Red Ardesch
* Drudjneman - House of Lies, Teranchir (capital of Red Ardesch)
* drudjresān - propaganda
* Drudj-zamah - Lands of the Lie, Ardesch's allies
* drukhta - deceived
* -dvesh - anti- , hatred of ...
* dukhtar - daughter, girl
* dush - something bad or wicked, evil
* dushkard - crime
* dushman - enemy
* Dūzakh - hell

Dj
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* djadijā - to request for; request; asking
* djamjāt - marriage
* djanat - to have a child
* djens - union, sex

E

* e - and
* ebjāh - lesson, exercise
* esha - desire, lust
* eshom - rage
* eva - one
* evār - evening
* evārag khvash - good evening
* evashanbeh, vashanbeh - Sunday
* evjazdani - monotheism

F

* forūsh - to sell
* fradi - protest
* fradigrā - protestor
* frajād - to shout, to protest
* frakhāmushi - censorship
* frakheshan - worry, concern
* frāmai - close
* framarez - to clear away, to cleanse, to purge
* frasast - praise
* fratam - first
* fravardīn - guardian angel
* Fravardīn - March
* frāz - height
* frazand - child, son
* frazanti - children, descendants, offspring, heirs
* frena - a lot, plenty
* frja - beloved, best friend, spouse
* fro - much, properly, well

G

* gaesa - possessions, belongings
* gāh - bed, nest, cradle, birthplace
* gāha - throne
* gahanbar - seasonal festival
* gāja - step
* gao - sacred cow
* gaosha - corner
* gār - wake up
* -garā, -grā - -doer, -ist
* garez - to take up, to welcome
* garo - respect
* garzertar - to convert to Mazdajasna, to accept the truth
* garzetari - conversion
* garze(r)tvar - convert
* gāsu - position, place, throne
* gash - handsome
* gaush - ear
* gaushak - informer, messenger
* gazar - carrot
* ges - time
* -gi - (turns adjectives to nouns)
* gov - cow
* grach - to gather
* groh - group
* gul - flower
* gul hamisheh - marigold, flower of Atar
* gumarzag - deviant
* gusha - autumn

H

* haenā - enemy army
* hakhaja - friend, best friend, companion
* hakhma - friendship
* hamāg - all
* hamgāfratam - collectivist
* hāmin - summer
* hamkar - volunteer
* hamzor arto bim - May we be united in righteousness
* hangush - autumn, harvest
* haoma - holy plant
* harv - all, entire
* harva - complete, whole
* harvamar - everyone
* harvata - everything
* hazang - thousand
* hazangar(a) - million
* hazazang - billion
* hazazangar - trillion
* herbad - lower priest, chaplain
* hizvā - language, speech
* hoi - left
* Hormazd - God
	+ Hormazd kāfi ast. - God is enough.
* horvodad - wholeness, perfection, completion
* hōsh - intelligence, intelligent, smart
* hu - good
* hugarez - welcome
* hukhta - good words
* humata - good thoughts

I

J

* ja - this
* jāra - (archaic) year
* jasna - worship, an act of worship
* jasnadvesh - hatred of worship, (derogatory) atheism
* jasnai - religion
* jaz - to worship, to show respect to
* jazat - celestial, angel, archangel
* jazda - a god, deity
* Jazdān - God
* jeksān - same
* jeksāndjensgar - a homosexual
* jēnah - error
* -(j)i - -ness, -hood
* juz, jud - war
* juzvāsh - tank

K

* kaeta - liar
* kaiti - love
* kajada - wizard
* kajadi - witch
* kakhwarda - sorcerer, warlock
* kakhwardi - witch
* kāma - desire, (derogatory) lust
* kanach - meteor, missile, cannon shot
* kanachvar - cannon, missile artillery, artillery
* kanch - gun
* kar, ... kar - to do, to make, to build, (turns nouns into verbs), (present tense)
* kārovā - an army, a great army
* kirrog - guild, company, business
* kodak - child
* kunaud - to do, to act
* kunod - act, action
* kutak - small

Kh
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* khāmush - quiet, silent
* khāmushi - silence, censorship
* kheshma - wrath
* khirad - wisdom
* khorus - east
* khorva - west
* Khorvadād - May
* khrafstar - vermin, pest, creation of evil
* khshah - emperor
* khshap - nightfall, darkness, ignorance, fear
* khshapar - a day
* khshardares - monarchy
* khsasar - power, authority, rule
* Khshasverja - August
* khurd - small, little
* khvādja - lord, sir, gentleman, nobleman, aristocrat
* khvādjati - lady, madam, noblewoman
* khvaf - dream
* khvafan - sleep
* khvāhar - sister
* khvan - sun
* khvarshta - good deeds
* khvata - self
* khvesa - clan
* khvetigār - liberal
* khvi - cure, free
* khviti - free, freedom
* khvorenah - glory

M

* madu - wine
* magna, megna - naked, savage, pitiful, cowardly
* maidia - madness
* mājā - magic, sorcery
* man - thought
* mana - mind, brain
* mandā - to think
* mang - moon
* manjet - to consider, to think again
* mar - man
* mard - to die
* maresra - study
* maresri - science
* maresrivan - scientist
* marez - to clean, to purify
* marga - animal
* marge - morning
* marge khvash - good morning
* marja - evil person
* mas - size
* masa, maza - great
* masjo - fish
* maso - great, large
* mast - drunk
* mash - month
* mat- - with
* māzai - monster
* māzainjam - monstrous
* mazda - wise
* mazdā - wisdom, intelligence
* Mazdajasna - worship of God [the Wise], true belief
* mazishta - greatest
* Misar - September
* misra - friendship, alliance, contract, oath, promise
* Misregān - Day of Friendship/Oaths, 16 September
* mizda - reward
* mobed, mobad - priest, cleric
* murdad - death, decay, spiritual rot

N

* na - no, not
* ... na - do not ...
* nafta - moist, wet
* najasnagarā, najasang - atheist
* najasangār - an atheist
* najasangi - atheism
* nakhtu - a night, evening
* namāz - bow; greetings, hello
* nān - bread
* nanās - perfect
* nārtavar - unbeliever
* nasu - filth, corpse, the dead
* nasht - gone, lost, vanished
* nashtā - to disappear
* nashtan - to be gone, to be lost
* naurūz - new day, new year, March 19
* negāh - to search, to look for
* nemanga - respect, honour
* nemang - to respect
* niez - greed
* nīshān - banner, symbol

O

* o - to, towards
* orvasan - enemy
* oto - cold

P

* Pad Nām-i-Jazdan - in the Name of God
* pādan - to guard, to protect
* paidi - lord
* paidijas - to return, to face against
* paidi-peren - to fight against
* paidishta - zealot, extremist
* paigah - dawn, sunrise, morning, enlightenment
* paikub - to dance
* paikubi - dance
* pairi - fairy, witch
* paitjāra - opponent, enemy
* pāju - guard, protector, warden, overseer, governor, regent, duke
* pākhtar - north
* pandjanbeh - Thursday
* pāpa - vicious
* par- - from
* parcham - flag
* parchin - to teach
* parena - wing
* parsvī - realm, terrain
* pāsra - watchman, guard, patrol
* pasu - livestock, farm animals
* paurva - forwards, south
* ped rām - goodbye
* peren - full
* peren mang - full moon
* pessa - defend, defense
* pessazag - please
* pesha - finish, to put to an end
* petjarāg - miserable
* pirāmūn - environment
* pirāmūngār - environmentalist
* porvan - advanced
* porvani - advancement
* pusja, pesja, posja - son, descendant
	+ Analoguous to Old Persian "puça" and Sanskrit "putra".

R

* radjī - darkness
* raekhnah - inheritance, legacy
* rafisbār - noon, golden age
* ramna - peace, harmony, serenity
* raopi - fox
* ras - car, automobile, vehicle
* rasa - chariot
* rāste - district
* rāsti - truth
* rasha - destruction
* rashk - envy, jealousy, greed
* rātam - friend, gift
* redjo - value, price
* resāna - medium, vehicle
* resāndjamai - mass media, propaganda
* ron - bloodlust
* rūz - day

S

* saena - eagle
* saf - hoof
* sag - dog
* saja - garlic
* sāl - year
* sāmai - black
* samir - terror
* sar - pause, stop, end
* sār - head
* sarem - head of a group, father, sir
* sarosh - conscience, sharp-mindedness, awareness, accuracy, accurate, precise
* sarvargag - greetings, welcome
* sāsta - tyrant
* serjasa - banquet, feast, festival
* seta - hundred
* setjār - century
* sīdjak - hedgehog
* sjā - black
* sjaoma - black haoma, coffee
* skaesha - religion
* skesh - teaching, lesson, faith
* som - drug
* sovah - west
* Sovahije - the West, Palkyras, Vozolaz, the Gauvajut Empire
* spad - army
* span - hound
* spantjuz - holy war, crusade
* spantjuzvar - crusader
* spās - thanks
* spent(a) - holy
* spenta, spendar - angel
* spisra - heaven, skies
* srahma(r) - terror
* srosh - obedience, to obey
* stara - star
* surno - oral tradition, tradition
* surnovand - traditional, conservative

Sh
--

* sha - side, coalition
* shab khvash - good night
* shagra - lion
* Shanbeh - Saturday, start of the week
* shijād - happy
* shoson - deed, act
* shud - hunger
* shuj - to wash
* shust - to clean up, to bathe

T

* tāban - bright
* tābin - a diamond
* tānag - voice
* tanhā - lonely
* tanhāi - loneliness
* -tar - (classical) doer
* tarch - across, beyond
* tarshan - thirst
* tebish - hatred, dislike
* tigar - sharp
* tis, sri - three
* Tishanbeh - Tuesday
* Tīshtreh - June
* tor- - related to fire that is not sacred
	+ Derived from atar, atur (fire)
* tordandaez - volley of guns
* tordanu - gun, rifle
* tordanuvja - rifleman
* -trī, -tī - doer of an action
* tversaet - to cut

U

* udar - otter
* ulpaka - cat
* upanjanjo - tradition
* upanjavom - traditional values
* urvasa - friend, ally
* urvassha - alliance, side of friends, Zarijana and its allies
* urvāt - law
* usa - up, east
* usidj - heretic, cultist, Utopianist, terrorist
* ushta - enlightenment, spiritual freedom
* utajūiti - pristine, pure
* uzerin khvash - good afternoon
* uzvān - tongue

V

* vach - word
* vād - wind
* vafra - snow
* vāhar - spring
* vahisht - best
* vahishto angush - the best life, Paradise
* vah(u) - good
* vaja - sky
* vakhsh - to grow
* van - to win, to triumph
* vanand - conqueror
* -vand - pro- ... , supporting ...
* vango - better
* vanhāra, vangāra - springtime; blossoming, renaissance
* vapsak - wasp
* -var - doer
* varāz - wild boar
* varda - flower
* vardasem - to promote
* varen - to believe
* varena - belief, faith
* varenvar - believer
* varez - to work, to act, act, deed
* vark, varka - wolf
* varsa - attack
* varsh - plant
* varsha - tree
* varzan - community
* vas - wish
* vāsh - car
* vashna - will
* vashtī - wish, desire, ambition
* vātah - wind
* vāzargan - merchant
* vei - air
* veresar - obstacle
* verja - desirable
* ves - family
* vī- - against
* vichīr - judge, mediator
* vichīzjuz - holy war, punitive expedition
* vīdait - to devote oneself towards
* vimaikhsh - to be mixed with
* vīr - man, being
* vīra - hero, champion
* vīrfratam - individualistic
* vīs - clan, tribe
* vīspaidi - clan leader, tribe leader
* vitar - to cross over
* vīvang - dawn, renaissance
* voh - good
* vohman - good thought, truthful, helpful
* Vohman - January
* vohmana - correct thinking, concentration, honesty, accuracy, truth
* vohmantar - a good person, an honest person, a hero
* vo(ha)m - good value, lesson
* vonar - to conquer
* voran - to choose
* vra - good, nice, pleasant

Z

* zaj - to give birth
* zājid - to have a child
* zam - land, country
* zam - to go, to move on, to advance, to step forward
* zamforūsh - traitor
* zām - world, earth
* zāmpaimāni - mathematics
* zan - woman
* zān - knee
* zana - race, breed, tribe, species
* zandik - heretic, Utopianist
* zandran - machine
* zandrani - technology
* zantu - tribe, race
* zaosh - great love
* zari - gold
* zarizird - compassion, kindness
* zarta - old, elderly
* zarva - old age
* zast - help of God or an angel
* zav - call
* zavat - to call upon, to invoke
* zijā - blizzard
* zīm - cold, frigid, frost
* zīma - winter, arctic, cold, snowy
* zind - to live
	+ Dar frakheshan ī drudj zindagi mi-koni, bad-tar az mard. - To live in fear and falsehood is worse than death.
* zind(a) - life
* zindagi - living
* zird - heart
* zrāda - armour
* zruvan - time

## Madaenan glossary

These are words from the Madaenan language, the ancestral language of Zarijanian that influenced Sevraejan across the ocean.

Many words are in use in Sevraejan and Hothrovian.

* a- - not, without
* Ahriman - devil
* ahura - lord, Almighty God
* Ahura Mazda - Almighty God
* amartaka - apple bearer; a grenadier
* ameša spenta - good spirit, an angel, archangel
* anarja - not righteous, corrupt, wicked
* anaušija - high companion, guardian
* antara - deep, inside
* añhuš > anhuša - life, existence
* āpa - water
* apākhtara - the north, direction of evil
* Apaōša - spirit of drough
* apara - later, after
* apauša - drought, dryness, heatwave
* araghanda - turbulent, raging
* arija - noble, just
* arta - law, order, truth
* artavan - truthful, correct
* asmāna - the sky, heaven
* asmānija - heavenly, good, righteous, blessed
* aspa - horse
* ātar - fire
* badhra - fortunate
* bardjana - exalted, praised
* daiva - demon, evil being
* dasta - a hand
* dastāna - gauntlet
* draja - sea
* drudj - lie, deceit, falsehoof
* djafra - deep
* djamānā - time
* djavidana - undying one; (later) a veteran
* faravardin - angel
* Garō Damāna - House of Song, Paradise
* gāthā - hymn to God, seventeen great hymns composed by the prophet Zarathushtra
* haina, haena - enemy army, horde
* hadā - with
* hakhā - friend, companion
* hamarana - battle, a specific armed conflict
* hazārpatiš - leader of a thousand soldiers, a commander
* hazārtharda - millennium
* hja - who?, what?, which?
* hotokhoši - artist
* hu- - good
* hubadhra - fortunate, lucky
* humata, hukhta, huvaršta - good thoughts, good words, good actions
* jasna - worship
* jazata - praiseworthy one, an angel
* Jazdan - He Who is Worshipped, Almighty God
* jaona - way, passage, direction
* kapautaka - light blue, sky blue, the sky
* kāra - action, work
* karšvara - (classical) a great region; continent
* kātuzi - priest
* kulah khud - helmet
* khrafštar - monster
* khšajathija - king
* khšathapavan - protector of the realm, governor, satrap
* khvara - sun
* khvarna - glory, honour
* māh - moon
* martja - a man
* matā - mother
* magupaitiš - priest, mobed priest, bishop
* Mazdajazna - "Zoroastrianism", the monotheist religion of Madaena
* mijazda - celebration, feast, worship
* mitra - a friend
* mithra - agreement, friendship
* naisāri - warrior
* namā - name
* naska - book
	+ Notably this word survives in Sevraejan as naska or naskon, which is the word for "a book".
* nāsudi - farmer
* naurauča - "new day", new year
* nauva - new
* nauva tharda - new year
* "Nauvatharda, Šija" - happy new year
* Pad Nam i Jazdan - in the Name of God
	+ Later evolved in Sevraejan, Kalambouri, and Hothrovian to mean "good luck"
* Pākhtara - Hell, the far north, the polar ice waste
* parūvam - many
* patah - protected
* patār - protector
* patiš - doer or ruler of
* pitā - father
* prū(va) - a lot
* pruvam - previously
* putsa - son
* raēša - root
* rauča - bright, day
* sāsta - evil ruler, tyrant who misuses power
* sjauthnama - word
* spanta - holy, sacred
* sparabara - spearman
* stara - a star
* šijatiš - peace, happiness
* tarō, tarav - through
* thājakaš - shade, gloom
* thanuš - archery bow
* thanuvanija - archer
* tharda - year
* upairi - over, above
* upāvar - in belief, in faith, faithful
* utā - and
* vaha, voha - good
* vahišta - the best, most good
* varka - wolf
* varšā - a bull
* vasij - great
* vasjavišta - "the great and free"; used by several large nations such as Zarijana and Sevraeja, later used by Sevraeja in defensive wars to glorify itself
* višta - free
* zandjir - chain mail
* zara - gold, golden
* zrādha - armour
* zranka - sealand
* zura - evil
* zuraš - abuse

### Numbers

* aiva - one
* dva - two
* tsi, tri, thri - three
* čathvāra - four
* panča - five
* khšvaša - six
* hapta - seven
* ašta - eight
* nava - nine
* datha - ten
* aivačadatha - eleven
* vīthati - 20
* baiva - ten thousand
* hazār - thousand

## Samples

* “Excessive liberty and excessive servitude are equally dangerous, and produce nearly the same effect.”
* "Beware of lust, for it corrupts both the body and mind."

## Modern Zarijanian

Modern Zarijanian is closer to Kalambouri, but has become too different for the Zarijanian classical tongue still in use in Sevraeja.

The southern dialects, known as Makranish, use -r as the plural suffix instead of -s as in the standard dialect. They also tend to pronounce v as w.

## Trivia

* The author based Zarijanian on Avestan, Sassanid, modern Persian (for grammar) and archaic Persian words (for vocabulary).
* Sixteenth Age Zarijanian was written with an alphabet. Earlier, it was developed from cuneiform, but it became an alphabet as more diacritics and letters were needed for consonant clusters and faster writing.
* Modern Zarijanian and Kalambouri (circa 1960s-2200s AT) are also written from descendants of ancient Madaenan cuneiform, almost like the Sevraejan syllabary. However, the two related scripts are alphabets that look like Avestan if the Pahlavi letters were developed from cuneiform.
	+ There are slight differences between the two alphabets, even though they are related. As observed by two famous writers from both countries - Fratan Afsageh (Kalambour) and Rostam Arjobrazan (Zarijana) - written Kalambouri would look plain and simple, while the Zarijanian alphabet looks more curly.

## See also

* Ardeschi glossary
* Kalambouri glossary, its modern descendant
* Late Gauvajut glossary

### Influenced languages

* Hothrovian glossary
* Sevraejan glossary (from Madaenan, a very ancient ancestor)

## External links

* Avestan glossary
* Sassanid Persian