MÁGÍ, MÁGJARA
varieties
- Singular: MÁGÍ (34x), MAGÍ (4x), MÁGI (1x) — total: 39x
- Plural: MÁGJARA (11x), MAGJARA (6x), MAGÍARA (1x), MÁGJARUM (1x) — total: 19x
cognates
- magus (sing.), magi (plur.) - Latin: (learned) magician
- magos/Μάγος (sing.) - Old Greek: one of the priests and wise men in Persia who interpreted dreams; enchanter, wizard, esp. in bad sense, impostor, charlatan
- magush (sing.) - Old Persian: magician
- Magyar (sing.), Magyars (plur.) - English: Hungarian, a member of the Finno-Ugrian race
dictionaries
member of the ancient Persian priestly caste, late 14c., singular of magi
etymonline/magi (emphasis added)
"skilled magicians, astrologers," from Latin magi, plural of magus "magician, learned magician," from Greek magos, a word used for the Persian learned and priestly class as portrayed in the Bible (said by ancient historians to have been originally the name of a Median tribe), from Old Persian magush "magician" (see magic). Also, in Christian history, the "wise men" who, according to Matthew, came from the east to Jerusalem to do homage to the newborn Christ (late 14c.). Related: Magian.
logeion.uchicago.edu/ (Μάγος)
one of the priests and wise men in Persia who interpreted dreams; enchanter, wizard, esp. in bad sense, impostor, charlatan
"a Hungarian," a member of the Finno-Ugrian race which invaded Hungary about the end of the 9c. and settled there, 1797, the people's native name, possibly from the name of a prominent tribe among them.
Dutch: etymologiebank//magie
magie [toverkunst] {1650} < frans magie < latijn magia [toverkunst] < grieks mageia [de geleerdheid van de Perzische priesters (magiërs), toverij, bedrog], van magos [Perzisch priester (zij waren ook de dragers van de wetenschap), tovenaar, bedrieger] < oudperzisch magush
Dutch: gtb.ivdnt.org/MNW=magiaar "Mochiare"
Misschien is het woord de volksnaam Magiaar en bet. het heiden, zigeuner.