What's the difference between irani and zoroastrian?

Irani


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Asymmetric capability Though Indian authorities have posted Interpol notices for suspects in the Delhi bombing, including Irani, a trip by senior policemen from the capital's serious crimes department to Tehran has been repeatedly stalled.
  • (2) Before midnight, Irani was on his way out of India, later heading back to Iran on a connecting flight that left the following morning via Dubai, investigators believe.
  • (3) Irani had flown in to Delhi on 29 January, staying this time in a hotel in the west of the city but once again contacting call girls.
  • (4) Genetic distance comparisons with other selected populations reveal that the Turkic and Turkoman speaking peoples in the Caspian area cluster with the Kurds, Greeks and Iranis.
  • (5) Irani stayed in Delhi for three weeks, leaving in mid-May.
  • (6) In June, a mobile phone number used by Irani in Delhi in April was used for a two-week period in Tbilisi, one of the few links between the Georgia plot and the others.
  • (7) At 3.15pm, as the Israeli embassy car stopped at lights at the junction in Delhi, Irani pulled up next to it, placed the magnetic bomb against its rear side and rode away.
  • (8) The detained journalist also helped Irani conduct surveillance of the Israeli embassy and other potential targets, investigators claim.
  • (9) • Zubin Irani, managing principal at Westbrook, worked previously at Goldman Sachs.
  • (10) Houshang Afshar Irani, the man accused of the Delhi bombing, first arrived in the Indian capital on 25 April 2011.

Zoroastrian


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to Zoroaster, or his religious system.
  • (n.) A follower of Zoroaster; one who accepts Zoroastrianism.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "Whether Jain or Sikh or Buddhist or Sufi or Zoroastrian or Jewish or Muslim or Baptist or Hindu or Catholic or Baha'i or Animist or any other mainstream or minor religion or movement, we are taught as a tolerant society to accept a diversity of ideologies.
  • (2) Iran, which was a Zoroastrian country before Islam arrived, is home to some of the world’s most magnificent historical and archaeological sites with ancient ruins, glittering mosques and spectacular landscapes.
  • (3) It was destroyed by an earthquake in 1319, and today its ruins are spread over a wide area, with the remains of spectacular churches, a Zoroastrian fire temple, palaces and city walls.
  • (4) Among dual nationals behind bars are Karan Vafadari, an Iranian-American national belonging to the Zoroastrian faith, and his wife Afarin Neyssari.
  • (5) Over the course of his life, Cyrus meets many influential philosophical figures of his time, including his grandfather (and founder of Zoroastrianism), Socrates, the Buddha, Mahavira, Lao Tsu and Confucius.
  • (6) Iranians are proud of their history and still largely celebrate many ancient traditions that goes back as far as the country's Zoroastrian era, such as the Persian new year, Nowruz.
  • (7) It could be shown that the differences between Zoroastrians and Jews are highly significant (p less than 0.001).
  • (8) Joyce later told ABC Radio that Shiites, Zoroastrians, and Jews in the region were also under threat from extremist, but it was “the reality [that] the future of Christianity in that area is over”.
  • (9) Islam is the official religion in Iran and only Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians are tolerated as accepted religious minorities with access to higher education, although each face various restrictions.
  • (10) Iran, which has Islam as its official religion, only recognises Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians as accepted religious minorities.
  • (11) The Zoroastrians show the lowest frequency of TfC1 (0.4999) and highest frequencies of TfC2 and TfC3 (.02215, and 0.2783, respectively).
  • (12) Among the social groups utilizing this hospital, the Parsis (Zoroastrians) have the highest incidence of colonic cancer.
  • (13) During the 9-year period 1964 to 1972 inclusive, a total of 2130 women with breast cancer were seen, with break-down by religion as follows: Hindus (1259), Muslims (306), Christians (264), Parsi (Zoroastrians) (226), Jains (25), Buddhists (26) and others (24).
  • (14) In the first, Cosmos, Chaos and the World to Come: The Ancient Roots of Apocalyptic Faith (1993), Cohn studied the ancient civilisations of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Vedic India in order to trace the source of millennial speculation, which he claimed to find in Zoroastrianism.
  • (15) On prevalence day, 16 clinically definite cases of MS were counted, 14 in Bombay and 2 in Poona, from a total Zoroastrian population of 50,053 and 3,399, respectively.
  • (16) The frequency of transferrin Tf C subtypes has been determined by double one-dimensional electrophoresis of plasma samples from Moslems (n = 91), Zoroastrians (n = 97), Jews (n = 88) and Armenians (n = 88) of Iran.
  • (17) Link to video Another frontbencher, Barnaby Joyce, made similar comments on Friday , telling ABC Radio that Shias, Zoroastrians and Jews in the region were also being persecuted, but it was “the reality [that] the future of Christianity in that area is over”.
  • (18) There's Nisaba the Babylonian goddess who looks after the stores of both grain and knowledge in Mesopotamia; the Hindu goddess Saraswati; the Zoroastrian Anahita; the ancient Greek Athena; and the Shinto Omoikane (a fine goddess of holistic thought and multitasking).
  • (19) Oh well, it's a pleasant thought prompted by Terry Teachout's new biography, He places Mencken in the libertarian camp of American conservatism, noting that others on the right would still shun him - Christian conservatives, for example, because he placed fundamentalism on a par with voodoo or Zoroastrianism.
  • (20) These ranged from four fortified monasteries, a Zoroastrian fire temple and several Buddhist stupas (commemorative monuments), through ancient copper working, smelting workshops, miners habitations and a mint, as well as two small forts and a citadel.