The founder of the Zoroastrian religion is known as Zoroaster and also the variant form Zarathustra. What did his name mean?
In Avestan, Zaraϑuštra is generally accepted to derive from an Old Iranian *Zaratuštra-; The element half of the name (-uštra-) is thought to be the Indo-Iranian root for "camel", with the entire name meaning "he who can manage camels".
Not terribly profound, but suggestive of Central Asian affinities, just like the Indo-Iranian people of whom he was a part.
3 comments:
Wasn't the prophet of Islam also a camel (caravan) manager?
Abraham , Ion from Maglavit,....it seems that God have a taste for sheperds
Zalmoxis was a king god of the getae. Not a sheperd. In 600bc he "died" and resurected 3 years later.noy unlike Jesus
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