There are multiple origins and translations for the name Zoroaster:
1. Derived from Old Persian [zarant] - "old" + [ushtra] - "camel"="whose camels are old".
2. Comes from Persian Zar - "gold" + Avestan [uštra] denotation - "star".
Zarathushtra 6c. or 7c. B.C.E. Persian religious teacher, the founder of Zoroastrianism.
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