ahura mazda

1. 1.

   chief deity of Zoroastrianism; source of light and embodiment of good

   SynonymsOrmazdOrmuzd

   BroaderPersian deity

Questions about ahura mazda

What does ahura mazda mean?

ahura mazda means "chief deity of Zoroastrianism; source of light and embodiment of good".

What is another word for ahura mazda?

Close synonyms include Ormazd, Ormuzd. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ahura mazda a common word?

ahura mazda is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.