𐭬𐭢𐭥

Middle Persian edit

Alternative forms edit

[Book Pahlavi needed] (MGWŠH)

Etymology edit

From Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁 (m-gu-š /⁠maguš⁠/).

Noun edit

𐭬𐭢𐭥 • (mgw /moɣ/)^[1]

Mazdean priest

Derived terms edit

(/⁠mowbed^[1]^[2]⁠/, “high priest”)
Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mgwpt')

Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭬𐭢𐭥𐭯𐭲 (mgwpt)
- Persian: مغ‌بد (moğ-bed)
- → Old Armenian: մոգպետ (mogpet)
- → Parthian: (/⁠maɣbed⁠/)
  Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫃𐫁𐫏𐫅 (mgbyd)
  
  Inscriptional Parthian script: [script needed] (mgwpt)
- → Sogdian:
  Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫇γ𐫛𐫤𐫇 (mwγptw)
- → Classical Syriac: ܡܘܒܕ (mawbed), ܡܘܗܦܛܐ (mawhəp̄āṭā)

(/⁠mowmard,^[1]^[3] moɣmard^[4]⁠/, “priest”)
Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mgwmlt'), [Book Pahlavi needed] (mgwGBRA)
- → Parthian:
  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mgwGBRA)

(/⁠mowstan⁠/, “state of the Magus”)^[1]
Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭬𐭢𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭭 (mgwstn)

Descendants edit

Persian: مغ (moğ)
→ Aghwan: 𐕌𐕒𐔲 (mog)
→ Old Armenian: մոգ (mog)
→ Old Georgian: მოგჳ (mogwi)
→ Sogdian: (/⁠maɣu⁠/)
Sogdian script: 𐼺𐼴𐼲 (mwɣ)

Syriac script: ܡܓ݂ܘ (mɣw), ܡܘܓ݂ (mwɣ)

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Gignoux, Philippe (1972) “mgw”, in Glossaire des Inscriptions Pehlevies et Parthes [Glossary of Pahlavi and Parthians Inscriptions] (Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Supplementary Series; 1) (in French), London: Lund Humphries, page 28
^ Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, pages 37, 61
^ Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2007) Introduction to Pahlavi, Cambridge, page 44
^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “*moγ-mard, 56”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

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