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مجوس

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Arabic

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Root
م ج س (m j s)
2 terms

Etymology

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From Aramaic 𐡌𐡂𐡅𐡔 (mgwš), from Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁 (maguš).[1]

Was used by the Iraqi Baathist regime to refer to Iran during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s, and later developed into a broadly anti-Shi'a slur.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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مَجُوس (majūsm pl (collective, singulative مَجُوسِيّ m (majūsiyy))

  1. (collective) Magians, (collective, historical) Zoroastrians
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 22:17:
      (translated by Yusuf Ali)
      إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا وَٱلصَّابِئِينَ وَٱلنَّصَارَىٰ وَٱلْمَجُوسَ وَٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
      ʔinna llaḏīna ʔāmanū wallaḏīna hādū waṣ-ṣābiʔīna wan-naṣārā wal-majūsa wallaḏīna ʔašrakū ʔinna l-laha yafṣilu baynahum yawma l-qiyāmati ʔinna l-laha ʕalā kulli šayʔin šahīdun
      Those who believe (in the Qur'an), those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Sabians, Christians, Magians, and Polytheists,- Allah will judge between them on the Day of Judgment: for Allah is witness of all things.
  2. (ethnic slur) Iranians
  3. (religious slur) Shi'as

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Descendants

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  • Persian: مَجوس (majus)

References

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  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2017) On the (Middle) Iranian borrowings in Qurʾānic (and pre-Islamic) Arabic[1], Leiden: Leiden University, page 16

Persian

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Etymology

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Reborrowed from Arabic مَجُوس (majūs, Magian) ultimately from Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁 (maguš, Mazdean Priest). Doublet of مغ (moğ, magus).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? majūs
Dari reading? majūs
Iranian reading? majus
Tajik reading? majus
Dari مجوس
Iranian Persian
Tajik маҷус

Noun

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مجوس (majus) (plural مجوسان (majusân))

  1. Magus, Magian

References

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