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Definition: Ahriman

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The spirit of evil in Zoroastrianism; arch rival of Ormazd.[Wordnet]
2. The Evil Principle or Being of the ancient Persians; the Prince of Darkness as opposer to Ormuzd, the King of Light.[Websters].

Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Ahriman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Ahriman \Ah"ri*man\, noun. [Per.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: Ahriman

Domain Definition
Literature 1: "I recognise the evil spirit, sir, and do honour to Ahrimanes in this young man." - Thackeray.
2: Ahriman or Ahrimanes The principle or angel of darkness and evil in the Magian system. (See Ormusd.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Common Expressions: Ahriman

Expressions Definition
Ahriman (Warhammer 40,000) Ahriman the Sorcerer was among the foremost sorcerers and Chief Librarian of the Thousand Sons Legion. (references)

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Extended Definition: Ahriman (alternative meanings)

Ahriman

Ahriman may refer to:

As a concept in religion:

  • Ahriman, the "destructive spirit" in Zoroastrianism.
  • an entity in the philosophy of the Anthroposophy movement.

In video games:

  • Ahriman, a race of monsters in the Final Fantasy game series
  • Ahriman, a character in the Warhammer 40,000 game series

As a character in a TV series:

  • Ahriman, a figure in Highlander: The Series.
  • Heart of Ahriman, an artifact in Conan the Barbarian.

Music:

  • Lord Ahriman, pseudonym of the founder and guitarist of the black metal band Dark Funeral.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ahriman (disambiguation)"


Topics by Level of Interest: Ahriman

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Lord Ahriman 12     Ahriman (alternative meanings) 3
Ahriman (Highlander) 8     Ahriman (Highlander) 8
Ahriman (alternative meanings) 3     Lord Ahriman 12

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Synonyms: Ahriman
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

 Asmodeus, Belial, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Moloch, Satan, titan, fury, harpy.
Consider also: rage, anger, wrath, demon, ferocity, exasperation, force, devil, delirium, frenzy, furor, indignation, resentment, fiend, daemon, incubus, tempter.

Other

 Shedim, cacodemon.

Expression

 the Devil.
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Computed Synonyms: Ahriman

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.1094   Ahriman     daemon     demon, fiend, devil, Satan, Lucifer   
 2   1.1094   Ahriman     demon     devil, fiend, Satan, daemon, Lucifer   
 3   1.1093   Ahriman     cacodemon     cacodaemon, demon, fiend, daemon, devil   
 4   1.0092   Ahriman     demiurge     creator, maker, author, originator, God   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Synonyms within Context: Ahriman

Context Synonyms within Context

Demon

Ahriman, Asmodeus, bad spirit, Belial, cacodemon, daemon, daeva, demon, demonology, demonry, devil, Eblis, evil genius, familiar, fiend, Frankenstein's monster, Friar Rush, fury, harpy, incubus, Mephistopheles, Moloch, shaitan, Shedim, succuba, succubus, Titan, unclean spirit.

Satan

Ahriman, Beelzebub, Belial, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Samael, Satan, the Devil, the Prince of the Devils, Zamiel.

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Translations: Ahriman

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya أَهْرِمَن (Ahriman). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Ahriman. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha أَهْرِمَن (Ahriman). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Ahriman. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic أَهْرِمَن (Ahriman). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Ahriman. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 恶灵 (Ahriman, cacodemon). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Ahriman. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 惡之神 (Ahriman). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Ahriman. (volunteer & more translations)
Dari اهريمن (daemon, demiurge, demon, Ahriman). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, Ahriman. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 아리만 (Ahriman). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, Ahriman. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 아리만 (Ahriman). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, Ahriman. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic أَهْرِمَن (Ahriman). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Ahriman. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 아리만 (Ahriman). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, Ahriman. (volunteer & more translations)
Parsi اهريمن (daemon, demiurge, demon, Ahriman). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, Ahriman. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian اهريمن (daemon, demiurge, demon, Ahriman). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, Ahriman. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian (Farsi) اهريمن (daemon, demiurge, demon, Ahriman). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, Ahriman. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: Ahriman

Language Translations for “Ahriman” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag Athagahrathagimathagan (Ahriman). Additional references: Athag, Ahriman. (volunteer)
Double Dutch Agahragimagan (Ahriman). Additional references: Double Dutch, Ahriman. (volunteer)
Leet @{=}P\¦|v|@ (Ahriman). Additional references: Leet, Ahriman. (volunteer)
Oppish Opahropimopan (Ahriman). Additional references: Oppish, Ahriman. (volunteer)
Pig Latin Ahrimanway (Ahriman). Additional references: Pig Latin, Ahriman. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi Ubahrubimuban (Ahriman). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Ahriman. (volunteer)
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