köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaHtúš Old Persian 𐎹𐎠𐎬𐎢 (y-a-tu-u /yātu/) Middle Persian 𐭩𐭠𐭲𐭥𐭪𐭠 (yʾtʿkʾ /ǰādūg/) Persian جادو Inherited from Middle Persian 𐭩𐭠𐭲𐭥𐭪𐭠 (yʾtʿkʾ /ǰādūg/, “wizardry; wizard”), from Old Persian 𐎹𐎠𐎬𐎢 (y-a-tu-u /yātu/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaHtúš. Cognate with Sanskrit या॒तु (yātú).
aile: جادوگر, جادوگری
یکی جادو آمد به دین آوری به ایران به دعوی پیغمبری همی گوید از آسمان آمدم ز نزد خدای جهان آمدم
From Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 巫術 (MC mju zywit). Formerly read with the kan'on as bujutsu. Compare modern Min Nan reading bû-su̍t. First attested in a portion of the Shoku Nihongi completed in 717.