𐭬𐭢𐭥

Middle Persian

Alternative forms
  • [Book Pahlavi needed] (MGWŠH)

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁 (m-gu-š /maguš/).

Noun

𐭬𐭢𐭥 • (mgw moɣ)[1]

  1. Mazdean priest

Derived terms
  • (/mowbed[1][2]/, “high priest”)
    Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mgwpt')
    Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭬𐭢𐭥𐭯𐭲‎ (mgwpt)
    • Persian: مغ‌بد‎ (moğ-bed)
    • → Old Armenian: մոգպետ (mogpet)
    • → Parthian: (/maɣbed/)
      Manichaean: 𐫖𐫃𐫁𐫏𐫅‎ (mgbyd)
      Inscriptional Parthian: [script needed] (mgwpt)
    • → Sogdian:
      Manichaean: 𐫖𐫇γ𐫛𐫤𐫇‎ (mwγptw)
    • → Classical Syriac: ܡܘܒܕ‎ (mawbed), ܡܘܗܦܛܐ‎ (mawhəp̄āṭā)
  • (/mowmard[1][3], moɣmard[4]/, “priest”)
    Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mgwmlt'), [Book Pahlavi needed] (mgwGBRA)
    • → Parthian:
      Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mgwGBRA)
  • (/mowstan/, “state of the Magus”)[1]
    Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭬𐭢𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭭‎ (mgwstn)

Descendants

References
  1. Gignoux, Philippe (1972), “mgw”, in Glossaire des Inscriptions Pehlevies et Parthes [Glossary of Pahlavi and Parthians Inscriptions] (Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Supplementary Series; 1) (in French), London: Lund Humphries, page 28
  2. Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 37, 61
  3. Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2007) Introduction to Pahlavi, Cambridge, page 44
  4. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “*moγ-mard, 56”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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