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Classical Syriac
Etymology
From Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁 (maguš). Compare Arabic مَجُوسِيّ (majūsiyy), Hebrew מָגוֹשׁ (māḡôš) and Sogdian ܡܓ݂ܘ.
Pronunciation
Noun
ܡܓܘܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܓܘܫܐ)
- (Zoroastrianism) magus, Zoroastrian priest or follower
- mage, magician, wizard
Inflection
Proper noun
ܡܓܘܫܐ • (transliteration needed) m
- Magi
References
- “mgwš”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 177b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 249b-250a
- Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 707b