𐭬𐭢𐭥

Middle Persian

Alternative forms
  • [Book Pahlavi needed] (MGWŠH)

Etymology

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

Noun

𐭬𐭢𐭥 • (mgw /moɣ/)[1]

  1. Mazdean priest

Derived terms
  • (/⁠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
  • 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
  1. 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
  2. Rezai Baghbidi, Hassan (2017) Middle Persian Historical Phonology, Osaka: Osaka University, pages 37, 61
  3. Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2007) Introduction to Pahlavi, Cambridge, page 44
  4. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “*moγ-mard, 56”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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