Zarathustra

[ zar-uh-thoo-struh ]

noun

Other words from Zarathustra

  • Zar·a·thus·tri·an [zar-uh-thoo-stree-uhn], /ˌzær əˈθu stri ən/, adjective, noun
  • Zar·a·thus·tric, adjective

Words Nearby Zarathustra

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How to use Zarathustra in a sentence

  • There is general agreement that the one author to whom at least the great bulk of the Gathas is due is Zarathustra himself.

  • Comparisons from Zarathustra are always forcing themselves into my mind.

  • Zarathustra has entered the blood of the German people like a virus from a hypodermic needle.

  • And the dance dies away and is lost in ethereal regions, and Zarathustra is lost to sight while dancing in distant worlds.

    Musicians of To-Day | Romain Rolland
  • But when Zarathustra tries to drive out the cowardly devils in men, the cry is raised against him, "Zarathustra is godless."

    Friedrich Nietzsche | Georg Brandes

British Dictionary definitions for Zarathustra

Zarathustra

/ (ˌzærəˈθuːstrə) /


noun
  1. the Avestan name of Zoroaster

Derived forms of Zarathustra

  • Zarathustric, adjective, noun

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