köken: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic влъхвъ (vlŭxvŭ), from Old Church Slavonic влъснѫти (vlŭsnǫti, “to stutter”), referring to the trances the priests used in their ceremonies.
köken: Ultimately from Middle Chinese 博士 (pak dzri^X, “master; person with a particular skill”), a Kulturwort which happened to spread to many languages of Asia, see more there.
een geestelijk leider binnen een Afro-Surinaamse gemeenschap, die geacht wordt zieken te kunnen genezen door middel van communicatie met de geestenwereld
magus (priest in some ancient eastern cultures, like Iranian/Zoroastrian) · one of the three kings or Magi who visited the baby Jesus · by extension, an envoy, messenger, herald, announcer
çekim: çoğul magi · tamlayan magului
köken: Borrowed from Greek μάγος (mágos) (and perhaps partly through Old Church Slavonic магъ (magŭ)), from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos). Also more recently borrowed in part from Latin magus, itself of the same Greek origin.
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀉𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸𑀅 (uajjhāa), 𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀸𑀅 (ujjhāa), from Sanskrit उपाध्याय (upādhyāya, “teacher [of the Vedas]”). Notably borrowed into Middle Chinese 和尚 (MC hwa|hwaH dzyang|dzyangH, “high priest, head monk”). Doublet of उपाध्याय (upādhyāy) and ख़्वाजा (xvājā).