𐡌𐡂𐡅𐡔
Aramaic
Alternative forms
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡌𐡂𐡔 (mgš)
- Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מגושא (mgwšʾ)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁 (m-gu-š /maguš/).[1]
Noun
𐡌𐡂𐡅𐡔 • (mgwš) ?
- Mazdean priest
Descendants
- Classical Syriac: ܡܓܘܫܐ (məḡūšā)
- → Arabic: مَجُوس (majūs)
- → Persian: مجوس (majūs)
- → Hebrew: מָג (māḡ)
References
- 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