Navruz Farkundahbaad

[Dee Sa]

A happy new year to any of the Parsi/Zordastrians who happen to read this thread, I believe it was celebrated yesterday.

[joggerjayne]

I'm not sure how that would be pronounced, but happy new year.

[Peter Pedant]

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The only ZZoroastrian word to have entered english is

Mazda

it means light apparently

[Ann]

Not good at Geography Dee - where in the world is it please? Iran/Iraq?

[douglas9401]

Really? Up here it means maternal grandfather.

[jno]

Parsee/Farsi = Persians (Iranians)

But Freddy Mercury was one, I think

[Ann]

Now googled it and found the answer. Never heard of it so good education on here!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/zoroastrian/history/parsis.shtml

[Dee Sa]

my friends now live in California, I first met them when I lived in Sharjah U.A.E over 30 years ago & have been to their family weddings etc.
As far as I know these Parsi people were persecuted and driven out of Persia many centuries ago.
They are known to be very canny with money, and yes Freddie Mercury was a Parsi.