Majūs (Arabic: مجوس) or Magūs (Persian: مگوش) was originally a term meaning Zoroastrians, specifically priests.
[1] It was a technical term for the magi,[2][3] and like its synonym gabr (of uncertain etymology) originally had no pejorative implications.
It was also borrowed from Old Persian into ancient Greek (plural μάγοι mágoi), which appears in Matthew 2.
[7][8] They are also mentioned by ibn al-Jawzi in his famous work Talbis Iblis "The Devil's Deceptions".,[9] The term was used to describe the Vikings initially in al-Andalus.
[4] Subsequent usage by Sunni Muslims against the Shi'a has meant that some people view the term as anti-Shi'ism.