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Ahriman

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Ah′ri-man

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Noun.
[Per.]
The Evil Principle or Being of the ancient Persians; the Prince of Darkness as opposer to Ormuzd, the King of Light.

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Ahriman

Ahriman

See also: Ahrimán

English

Alternative forms

  • Ahirman
  • Ahrimen
  • Ahrimanes

Proper noun

Ahriman

  1. The hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism.

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Etymology

From Persian اهریمن ‎(Ahriman), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭧𐭫𐭬𐭭𐭩 ‎(Ahreman), from Avestan 𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀⸱𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎 ‎(aŋra mainiiu), compound of 𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀 ‎(aŋra, “destruction, destructive”) and 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎 ‎(mainiiu, “spirit, mind, essence, emanation etc.”). Definable through the antithetical 𐬀𐬨𐬆𐬱𐬀⸱𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎 ‎(aməša mainiiu, “bounteous spirit”).

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