Wasn’t actually today, but it’s an interesting etymology. Old Arabian speaks “majus” because they lack a hard G sound, similar to Japanese lacking L sound
Also, for anyone interested, that means that the Magi who came to Jesus’ birth with gifts were Zoroastrian priests
Their temples similarly featured a blazing fire in the middle which was to be kept burning indefinitely. You can see some of these on Sassanid pre-islamic coinage although the quality of the strikes leaves something to be desired.
You can see some here: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/firealtar_coins.html
This makes me wonder who the first wanker monarch was that thought up the idea of putting the side of their face on the coin.
That would be Alexander The Great