یزدان

یزدان

See also: يزدان‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian یزدان‎ (yazdân).

Proper noun

یزدان • (Yezdan)

1. (Zoroastrianism) God, the creator of good

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “یزدان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2202

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian yẕdʾn' (yazdān, “gods, spirits”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁ǵ- (“to revere, worship, sacrifice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jæzdɒːn/

Noun

Dari	یزدان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	яздон (yazdon)

یزدان • (yazdân)

1. god
2. a divinity, an angel
3. an epithet of saints or prophets

Related terms

• یزدانی‎ (yazdâni)
• ایزد‎ (izad)

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian یزدان‎ (yazdân).

Noun

یزدان • (yazdān)

1. God, the creator of good, Goddess of righteousness