The faravahar is one of the best-known symbols of Zoroastrianism. Phonemically significant is only /frwr/, and the word is thus variously pronounced/written farohar, frohar, frawahr, fravahr etc. In Dekhoda’s dictionary and the 17th century Persian dictionary Burhan Qati’, it appears as “furuhar”. The Encyclopedia Iranica renders it as frawahr.

In present-day Zoroastrianism, the faravahar is said to be a reminder of one’s purpose in life, which is to live in such a way that the soul progresses towards frasho-kereti, or union with Ahura Mazda. Although there are a number of interpretations of the individual elements of the symbol, none of them are older than the 20th century

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