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mag

“mag” is a Romanian word. Its 6 meanings in English:

noun

  1. magus (priest in some ancient eastern cultures, like Iranian/Zoroastrian)
  2. one of the three kings or Magi who visited the baby Jesus
  3. by extension, an envoy, messenger, herald, announcer
  4. wizard, magician, sorceror
  5. astrologer (or one who predicts the future through the stars), seer
  6. wise man; philosopher

In Romanian

  1. preot la unele popoare orientale din antichitate; (p.ext.) învățat; filozof; astrolog; vrăjitor.
  2. (în religia creștină) fiecare dintre cei trei regi veniți din Orient să se închine lui Isus la nașterea sa.
  3. (fig.) sol, vestitor.

Etymology

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.

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