𐡌𐡂𐡅𐡔

Aramaic

Alternative forms

Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡂𐡔‎ (mgš)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מגושא‎ (mgwšʾ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁 (m-gu-š /maguš/).[1]

Noun

𐡌𐡂𐡅𐡔 • (mgwš) ?

Mazdean priest

Descendants

Classical Syriac: ܡܓܘܫܐ‎ (məḡūšā)
→ Arabic: مَجُوس‎ (majūs)
- → Persian: مجوس‎ (majus)
→ Hebrew: מָג‎ (māḡ)

References

Tavernier, Jan (2007), “1.4.3.3 Maguš (m-gu-u-š)”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 79

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