Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The Zoroastrian god of time.
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- noun the Zoroastrian god of time
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Ruark, and seek shelter among her own people again, and aid them and the tribe of Zurvan, her betrothed, by the might of the Jewel which was hers, fulfilling the desire of Zurvan.
The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Complete George Meredith 1868
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When she heard him say this, great trouble was on the damsel, for his voice was not the voice of Zurvan her betrothed; and she remembered the sorrow of Rukrooth.
The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Bhanavar trembled at the sight of the Jewel, and its redness was to her as the blood of Zurvan and Almeryl.
The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868
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It was the morning of another day when Bhanavar awoke; and she awoke in a dream of Zoora, the mare of Zurvan her betrothed, that was dead, and the name of Zoora was on her tongue as she started up.
The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868
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Now the Emir was old, and with the shock of that sight the world darkened before him, and he gave forth a groan and stumbled over the sunken breast of Zurvan, and stretched over him as one without life.
The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868
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Ere long the Emir came forth, and his foot was on the body of his son, and he knew death on the chin and the eyes of Zurvan, his sole son.
The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868
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Zoora! never mare bore nobler burden on her back than thou in Zurvan my betrothed.
The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868
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When she heard him say this, great trouble was on the damsel, for his voice was not the voice of Zurvan her betrothed; and she remembered the sorrow of Rukrooth.
The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868
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And O Zoora, steed of Zurvan my betrothed, there's no loveliness for us in life, for the loveliest is gone; and let us die, Zoora, mare of Zurvan my betrothed, for what is dying to us, O Zoora, who cherish beyond all that which death has taken? '
The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868
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Ruark, and seek shelter among her own people again, and aid them and the tribe of Zurvan, her betrothed, by the might of the Jewel which was hers, fulfilling the desire of Zurvan.
The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868
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