the creative deity, embodiment of good and opponent of Ahriman
Also called: Ahura Mazda
Word origin
from Persian, from Avestan Ahura-Mazda, from ahura spirit + mazdā wise
Ormazd in American English
(ˈɔrməzd)
noun
Zoroastrianism
the supreme deity and creator of the world, or the spirit of good
see also Ahriman: also sp. ˈOrmuzd
Word origin
Pers < OPers Auramazda < Avestan Ahuro-Mazdao, wise lord < ahura, a god (see Oscar2) + mazdah-, name of the highest god < IE *mendh-, to direct one's mind toward < base *men-, to think (> mind) + *dhē-, to put (< do1)