مجوس

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic 𐡌𐡂𐡅𐡔‎ (mgwš), borrowed from Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁 (maguš).[1]

Noun

مَجُوس • (majūs) m pl (collective, singulative مَجُوسِيّ‎ m (majūsiyy))

(collective) Magians, (collective, historical) Zoroastrians
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 22:17:
  (translated by Yusuf Ali)
  ‏إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَالَّذِينَ هَادُوا وَالصَّابِئِينَ وَالنَّصَارَىٰ وَالْمَجُوسَ وَالَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ‎
  Those who believe (in the Qur'an), those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Sabians, Christians, Magians, and Polytheists,- Allah will judge between them on the Day of Judgment: for Allah is witness of all things.

Declension

Declension of noun مَجُوس (majūs)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَجُوس majūs	الْمَجُوس‎ al-majūs	مَجُوس majūs
Nominative	مَجُوسٌ majūsun	الْمَجُوسُ‎ al-majūsu	مَجُوسُ majūsu
Accusative	مَجُوسًا‎ majūsan	الْمَجُوسَ‎ al-majūsa	مَجُوسَ majūsa
Genitive	مَجُوسٍ majūsin	الْمَجُوسِ‎ al-majūsi	مَجُوسِ majūsi
Singulative	basic singulative triptote
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَجُوسِي‎ majūsī	الْمَجُوسِي‎ al-majūsī	مَجُوسِي‎ majūsī
Nominative	مَجُوسِيٌّ‎ majūsiyyun	الْمَجُوسِيُّ‎ al-majūsiyyu	مَجُوسِيُّ‎ majūsiyyu
Accusative	مَجُوسِيًّا‎ majūsiyyan	الْمَجُوسِيَّ‎ al-majūsiyya	مَجُوسِيَّ‎ majūsiyya
Genitive	مَجُوسِيٍّ‎ majūsiyyin	الْمَجُوسِيِّ‎ al-majūsiyyi	مَجُوسِيِّ‎ majūsiyyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَجُوسِيَّيْن‎ majūsiyyayn	الْمَجُوسِيَّيْن‎ al-majūsiyyayn	مَجُوسِيَّيْ‎ majūsiyyay
Nominative	مَجُوسِيَّانِ‎ majūsiyyāni	الْمَجُوسِيَّانِ‎ al-majūsiyyāni	مَجُوسِيَّا‎ majūsiyyā
Accusative	مَجُوسِيَّيْنِ‎ majūsiyyayni	الْمَجُوسِيَّيْنِ‎ al-majūsiyyayni	مَجُوسِيَّيْ‎ majūsiyyay
Genitive	مَجُوسِيَّيْنِ‎ majūsiyyayni	الْمَجُوسِيَّيْنِ‎ al-majūsiyyayni	مَجُوسِيَّيْ‎ majūsiyyay
Paucal (3-10)	sound masculine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَجُوسِيِّين‎ majūsiyyīn	الْمَجُوسِيِّين‎ al-majūsiyyīn	مَجُوسِيِّي‎ majūsiyyī
Nominative	مَجُوسِيُّونَ‎ majūsiyyūna	الْمَجُوسِيُّونَ‎ al-majūsiyyūna	مَجُوسِيُّو‎ majūsiyyū
Accusative	مَجُوسِيِّينَ‎ majūsiyyīna	الْمَجُوسِيِّينَ‎ al-majūsiyyīna	مَجُوسِيِّي‎ majūsiyyī
Genitive	مَجُوسِيِّينَ‎ majūsiyyīna	الْمَجُوسِيِّينَ‎ al-majūsiyyīna	مَجُوسِيِّي‎ majūsiyyī

Derived terms

مَجُوسِيّ‎ (majūsiyy, “Zoroastrian; of or related to Zoroastrians”)

Related terms

مَجَّسَ‎ (majjasa, “to Zoroastrianize”)

Descendants

→ Persian: مجوس‎ (majus)

References

Cheung, Johnny (2016), “On the (Middle) Iranian borrowings in Qur’ānic (and pre-Islamic) Arabic”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎

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[1] Cheung, Johnny (2016), “On the (Middle) Iranian borrowings in Qur’ānic (and pre-Islamic) Arabic”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎