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Ahriman
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Ahrimán
English
Alternative forms
en Ariman Ahirman Ahrimen Ahrimanes
Etymology
en fa-cls اَهْرِمَن or en fa-ira اَهْریمَن, from en pal 𐭠𐭧𐭫𐭬𐭭𐭩 ahreman Phli, from en ae 𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀⸱𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎, compound of ae 𐬀𐬢𐬭𐬀 destruction, destructive and ae 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎 spirit, mind, essence, emanation etc.. Definable through the antithetical ae 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀⸱𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎 bounteous spirit. en Angra Mainyu.
Pronunciation
en
Proper noun
en Q223805 en Zoroastrianism The hypostasis of chaos, destruction and evil.
en w:Viktor Rydberg w:August Hjalmar Edgren The Magic of the People and the Struggle of the Church against It The Magic of the Middle Ages: Translated from the Swedish New York, N.Y. w:Henry Holt and Company 1879 201 https://archive.org/details/magicofmiddleag00rydb/page/201/mode/1up 3814209 [A]midst Ahriman and his hosts who had now established themselves in the Occident, and as heirs to the horns and tails of Pans and fauns, a crowd of native spirits moved; imps, giants, trolls, forest-spirits, elves and hobgoblins in and on the earth; nicks, river-sprites in the water, fiends in the air, and salamanders in the fire.
Derived terms
en Ahrimanian Ahrimanic
Related terms
en Angra Mainyu
en Arimanes
en Arimanius
Translations
the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism
Arabic: ar أَهْرِيمَان m
Armenian: hy Ահրիման, hy Արհմն
Old Armenian: xcl Արհմն
Azerbaijani: az Əhrimən, az Anqra Manyu
Bulgarian: bg Арима́н m, bg Ахрима́н m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 安哥拉·曼紐 āngélā mànniǔ, cmn 阿里曼 Ālǐmàn
Georgian: ka აჰრიმანი, ka არიმანი
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Ἀρειμάνιος m, grc Ἀριμάνης m, grc Ἀρειμανής m
Gujarati: gu અહરીમન m, gu અહરિમાન m
Hebrew: he אנגרה מניו an'g'rá mein'yú
Hindi: hi अहरिमन m, hi अहरीमन m, hi अहरिमान m, hi अस्रमन्यु m
Japanese: ja アンラ・マンユ Anra Manyu, ja アフリマン Afuriman, ja アーリマン Āriman
Korean: ko ^앙그라 ^마이뉴, ko ^아흐리만
Persian:
Classical Persian: fa-cls اَهْریمَن
Iranian Persian: fa-ira اَهْریمَن
Middle Persian: pal 𐭠𐭧𐭫𐭬𐭭𐭩 ahreman, pal ʾhlmn' ahreman
Polish: pl Aryman m
Portuguese: pt Arimã m, pt Arimane m
Russian: ru Арима́н m, ru А́нгра-Ма́йнью m
Sanskrit: sa अस्रमन्यु m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh А̏хриман m
Latin: sh Ȁhriman m
Sogdian: sog 𐼰𐽂𐼹𐽀𐼺𐼻𐼴 ʼtδrmnw
Spanish: es Ahrimán m
Tajik: tg Аҳриман
Turkish: tr Ehrimen
Urdu: ur اَہْرِمان m, ur اَہْرِمَن m, ur اَہْرِیمَن m
Anagrams
en aahimnr Hariman Rahmani Rainham manhair
en Zoroastrianism