Save Gender Masculine Usage Persian Mythology Scripts 饜瑏饜瑱饜瑎饜(Avestan) Other Forms FormsAtash, Azar Meaning & History From the Indo-European *hxehxtr- "fire". In Zoroastrianism, Atar is the Zoroastrian concept of holy fire and, in later Zoroastrianism, became the god of fire and the element itself.