მოგჳ
Old Georgian
Etymology
From Middle Persian mgw (moğw, “magus, priest”). According to Marr, transliterated from Old Armenian մոգ (mog) (genitive մոգու (mogu)) in translating the Bible from Old Armenian into Old Georgian.
Noun
მოგჳ • (mogwi) (genitive მოგჳსა, dative მოგუ̂სა)
- (religious) Zoroastrian
- magician, astrologer
Derived terms
- მოგობაჲ (mogobay), მოგუ̂ობაჲ (mogûobay)
Descendants
- Georgian: მოგვი (mogvi)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մոգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Marr, N. Ja. (1903) Grammatika drevnearmjanskago jazyka. Etimologija [Grammar of the Old Armenian language. Etymology] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 47
- Čubinov, David (1840), “მოგჳ”, in Gruzinsko-russko-francuzskij slovarʹ [Georgian–Russian–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 312a
- Čubinašvili, Niḳo (1812–1825), “მოგჳ”, in Kartuli leksiḳoni rusulis targamaniturt [Georgian Explanatory Dictionary with Russian Commentaries], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences