𐎶𐎦𐏁

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Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *magúš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *magʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-ú-s, from *megʰ- (“to be able”), as priests were considered capable of powerful feats[1] (though some, including Beekes, are implicitly skeptical).[2]

Noun

𐎶𐎦𐏁 (m-gu-š /maguš/) m[3][4][5]

  1. Mazdean priest

Derived terms

  • *Magukaʰ[6]
    • Middle Persian:
      Book Pahlavi script: (mgwk /⁠maguk⁠/)
    • → Elamite:
      Achaemenid Elamite: 𒈠𒆪𒊌𒋡 (ma-ku-uk-ka₄ /⁠Makuka⁠/)
  • *Maguvāyaʰ[7]

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 120
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μάγος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 889
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kent, Roland G. (1950) Old Persian: grammar, texts, lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Tolman, Herbert Cushing (1908) “magu”, in Ancient Persian lexicon and the texts of the Achaemenidan inscriptions transliterated and translated with special reference to their recent re-examination (Vanderbilt Oriental Series; 6), New York/Cincinnati/Chicago: American Book Company, pages 115-116
  5. ^ Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, page 37: “OP magu-”
  6. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1020 *Maguka-”, 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 236: “236”
  7. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1021 *Maguvāya-”, 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 237: “237”
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 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”
  9. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1973) “8.921 Makuš”, in Onomastica Persepolitana: Das Altiranische Namengut der Persepolis-Täfelchen [Onomastica Persepolitana: The Old Iranian Personal Names of the Persepolis Tablets] (in German), Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, →ISBN, page 187
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