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𐡌𐡂𐡅𐡔
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Aramaic
1.1
Alternative forms
1.2
Etymology
1.3
Noun
1.3.1
Descendants
1.4
References
Aramaic
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Alternative forms
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Imperial Aramaic:
𐡌𐡂𐡔
(
mgš
)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic:
מגושא
(
mgwšʾ
)
Etymology
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Borrowed from
Old Persian
𐎶𐎦𐏁
(
m-gu-š
/maguš/
)
.
[1]
Noun
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𐡌𐡂𐡅𐡔
•
(
mgwš
)
?
Mazdean
priest
Descendants
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Classical Syriac:
ܡܓܘܫܐ
(
məḡūšā
)
→
Arabic:
مَجُوس
(
majūs
)
→
Persian:
مَجوس
(
majus
)
→
Hebrew:
מָג
(
māḡ
)
References
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^
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
:
“
79
”
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