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by Anonymous on November 5th, 2006

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Does the name of the car company, Mazda, have anything to do with Ahura Mazda of Zoroastrianism?

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  • by Galeanda on June 16th, 2008

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    Wiki says:

    The name of the company is supposedly derived from Ahura Mazda, the transcendental god of Zoroastrianism. It is also said that Mazda coincides with the anglicized pronunciation of the founder's name, Jujiro Matsuda, who was interested in spirituality, and chose to rename the firm in honor of both his family and the Zoroastrians.[3] The word mazda means "great wisdom" in the Iranian Avestan language.

    In Japanese, the company's name has always been pronounced and spelled as "Matsuda", the name of the founder. Television ads for Mazda automobiles in the United States use a pronunciation where the initial vowel sound is similar to the word "art", while Canadian Mazda advertisements pronounce the company's name with the initial "a" sound of the word "has". The initial vowel sounds (in the American and Canadian advertisements) are references to the first and last A sounds in the original Persian pronunciation.

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  • by Im Alec has abandoned this account on November 5th, 2006

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    According to Wikipedia, yes, though it also resembles the name of the founder, Jujiro Matsuda.

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