Mobad
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- DeutschMobed
- EnglishMobad
- kuMobed
- ku-arabمۆبەد
- ku-latnMobed
- РусскийМобед
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- فارسیموبد
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A mobed, mowbed, or mobad (Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭢𐭥𐭯𐭲) is a Zoroastrian cleric of a particular rank. Unlike a herbad (ervad), a mobed is qualified to serve as celebrant priest at the Yasna ceremony and other higher liturgical ceremonies. A mobed is also qualified to train other priests.
A mobed, mowbed, or mobad (Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭢𐭥𐭯𐭲) is a Zoroastrian cleric of a particular rank. Unlike a herbad (ervad), a mobed is qualified to serve as celebrant priest at the Yasna ceremony and other higher liturgical ceremonies. A mobed is also qualified to train other priests. The term mobad is a contraction of Old Persian *magupati, the first half of the expression derived from magu- (= ) and pati (= ). The word was borrowed as mogu-i and and from Parthian as . Through and , proto-Iranian *magu- is also identified as the origin of the Latin word magus, a "magian". Through the Greek adjective and , mobed is distantly related to the English language word "magic". ==References==
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