𐎶𐎦𐏁

Old Persian

Etymology

Unknown.[1]

Noun

𐎶𐎦𐏁 (m-gu-š /maguš/) m[1][2][3]

  1. Mazdean priest

Derived terms
  • *Magukaʰ[4]
    • Middle Persian:
      Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mgwk /maguk/)
    • → Elamite:
      Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈠𒆪𒊌𒋡 (ma-ku-uk-ka₄ /Makuka/)
  • *Maguvāyaʰ[5]
    • → Elamite:
      Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈠𒆪𒈠𒀀𒅀 (ma-ku-ma-a-ia /Makumāya/)

Descendants
  • Middle Persian: (/mow/)
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (MGWŠH)
    Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭬𐭢𐭥‎ (mgw)
    • Persian: مغ‎ (moğ)
    • → Aghwan: 𐕌𐕒𐔲 (mog)
    • → Old Armenian: մոգ (mog)
      • → Armenian: մոգ (mog) (learned)
      • → Old Georgian: მოგჳ (mogwi) (or directly from Iranian)
    • → Sogdian: (/maɣu/)
      Sogdian script: 𐼺𐼴𐼲‎ (mwɣ)
      Syriac script: ܡܓ݂ܘ‎ (mɣw), ܡܘܓ݂‎ (mwɣ)
  • → Akkadian:[1][2][6]
    Late Babylonian: 𒈠𒄖𒊺𒂊 (ma-gu-še-e /magušē/), 𒈠𒄖𒋗 (ma-gu-šu /magušu/), 𒈠𒄖𒋙 (ma-gu-šú /maguš/), 𒈠𒄖𒍑 (ma-gu-uš /maguš/)
  • → Aramaic:
    Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡂𐡅𐡔‎ (mgwš), 𐡌𐡂𐡔‎ (mgš)
    Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מגושא‎ (mgwšʾ)
  • → Elamite:[1][7][2][6]
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈠𒆪𒆜 (ma-ku-iš /makuiš/)
  • → Ancient Greek: μάγος (mágos)

References
  1. Kent, Roland G. (1950) Old Persian: grammar, texts, lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society
  2. Tolman, Herbert Cushing (1908), “magu”, in Ancient Persian lexicon and the texts of the Achaemenidan inscriptions transliterated and translated with special reference to their recent re-examination (Vanderbilt Oriental Series; 6), New York/Cincinnati/Chicago: American Book Company, pages 115-116
  3. Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 37: “OP magu-”
  4. Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.1020 *Maguka-”, 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 236
  5. Tavernier, Jan (2007), “4.2.1021 *Maguvāya-”, 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 237
  6. 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
  7. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1973) Onomastica Persepolitana: Das Altiranische Namengut der Persepolis-Täfelchen [Onomastica Persepolitana: The Old Iranian Personal Names of the Persepolis Tablets] (in German), Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, →ISBN, page 187
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