𐎶𐎦𐏁

𐎶𐎦𐏁

Old Persian

Noun

𐎶𐎦𐏁 (maguš) m

1. priest

Descendants

• Middle Persian: (/moɣ/)

  Book Pahlavi: [Book Pahlavi needed] (MGWŠH)

  Inscriptional Pahlavi: [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (mgw)

  • Persian: مغ‎ (moɣ)
  • → Old Armenian: մոգ (mog)
    • Armenian: մոգ (mog)
    • → Old Georgian: მოგჳ (mogwi)
      • Georgian: მოგვი (mogvi)
• → Ancient Greek: μάγος (mágos)
  • Greek: μάγος (mágos)
  • → Latin: magus
    • → English: mage, magic, magician
• → Aramaic:

  Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡂𐡅𐡔𐡀‎ (mgwšʾ)

  • Classical Syriac: ܡܓܘܫܐ‎ (məḡūšā)
  • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מגושא‎ (mgwšʾ)
  • → Arabic: مَجُوس‎ (majūs)
    • → Persian: مجوس‎ (majūs)
  • → Hebrew: מָג‎ (māḡ)

See also

• 𐎶𐎦𐎢𐏁 (magūš, “possibly a Zoroastrian priest, a magician, or a sub-tribe of the Medes”)