| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Ahriman |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Ah·ri·man |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ä r -m n |
| NOUN: | Ahura Mazda's adversary, the chief spirit of darkness and evil in Zoroastrianism. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Persian ahriman, from Middle Persian ahraman, from Avestan angr mainiiu , the evil spirit : angra-, evil + mainiiu, spirit; see men-1 in Appendix I.
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