majusi

majusi

See also: májusi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic مَجُوسِيّ‎ (majūsiyy, “of or related to Zoroastrians”), مَجُوس‎ (majūs, “Magians, Zoroastrians”), from Aramaic 𐡌𐡂𐡅𐡔‎ (mgwš), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁 (maguš).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈd͡ʒusi/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ju‧si
• Rhymes: -si, -i

Noun

majusi (plural majusi-majusi, first-person possessive majusiku, second-person possessive majusimu, third-person possessive majusinya)

1. Zoroastrians

References

1. Johnny Cheung (2017), “On the (Middle) Iranian borrowings in Qur’ānic (and pre-Islamic) Arabic”, in Arabic in Context: Celebrating 400 years of Arabic at Leiden University‎, BRILL, DOI:10.1163/9789004343047_011, →ISBN

Further reading

• “majusi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.