Ahriman en · PROPN
Etymology
Derived from Classical Persian اَهْرِمَن (ahriman) or Iranian Persian اَهْریمَن (ahriman), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭧𐭫𐭬𐭭𐭩 (ʾḥlmny /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 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀⸱𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎 (spəṇta.maⁱniiu, “bounteous spirit”). Doublet of Angra Mainyu.
Meanings
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The hypostasis of chaos, destruction, and evil.
[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.
1879, Viktor Rydberg, “The Magic of the People and the Struggle of the Church against It”, in August Hjalmar Edgren, transl., The Magic of the Middle Ages: Translated from the Swedish, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 201:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahrimen | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Ariman | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Ahrimanes | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Ahirman | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
Angra Mainyu · Arimanius · Arimanes
Translations (45)
he אנגרה מניו (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · grc Ἀριμάνης (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · gu અહરિમાન (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · cmn 阿里曼 (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · fa-cls اَهْریمَن (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · ur اَہْرِمان (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · bg Арима́н (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · cmn 安哥拉·曼紐 /安哥拉·曼纽 (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · ka აჰრიმანი (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · hy Արհմն (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · ka არიმანი (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · sa अस्रमन्यु (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · ko 앙그라 마이뉴 (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · sh А̏хриман (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · ur اَہْرِمَن (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · xcl Արհմն (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · es Ahrimán (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · fa-ira اَهْریمَن (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · sh Ȁhriman (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · grc Ἀρειμάνιος (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · ar أَهْرِيمَان (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · ja アーリマン (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · ru А́нгра-Ма́йнью (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · hi अहरिमान (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · pt Arimã (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · az Əhrimən (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · pal 𐭠𐭧𐭫𐭬𐭭𐭩 (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · sog 𐼰𐽂𐼹𐽀𐼺𐼻𐼴 (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · ko 아흐리만 (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · hi अस्रमन्यु (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · az Anqra Manyu (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · tg Аҳриман (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · pt Arimane (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · hy Ահրիման (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · bg Ахрима́н (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · grc Ἀρειμανής (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · tr Ehrimen (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · gu અહરીમન (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · ur اَہْرِیمَن (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · ja アフリマン (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · hi अहरीमन (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · ja アンラ・マンユ (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · pl Aryman (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · ru Арима́н (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism) · hi अहरिमन (the hypostasis of chaos, destruction, evil in Zoroastrianism)