Meaning and history
From Avestan π¬°π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬π¬±π¬π¬π¬ (ZarathuΕ‘tra), whose second element π¬π¬±π¬π¬π¬ (uΕ‘tra) means βcamel,β with proposed meanings for the first element including βold,β βmoving,β βangry,β and βyellow.β Zarathustra was an Iranian prophet who founded Zoroastrianism around the 10th century BC and is known in English as Zoroaster, from the Greek form ΞΟΟΞΏΞ¬ΟΟΟΞ·Ο (Zoroastres).