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The ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of modern Persian language. Attested in Old Persian cuneiform, in the period 525 - 300 .See Also: Proto-Indo-Iranian
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Old Persian — n. the oldest form of Persian, preserved in stone inscriptions dating from the 7th to the 4th cent. B.C … English World dictionary
Old Persian language — Old Persian Spoken in Ancient Iran Era Ancestor of Middle Persian Language family Indo European Indo Iranian … Wikipedia
Old Persian cuneiform — Type Semisyllabary Languages Old Persian Time period 525 BC – 330 BC … Wikipedia
Old Persian — Old′ Per′sian n. peo an ancient Iranian language attested in the cuneiform inscriptions of the Achaemenid empire Abbr.: OPers … From formal English to slang
Old Persian — noun the Persian language up to the 3rd century BC, written in cuneiform … English new terms dictionary
Old Persian — /oʊld ˈpɜʒən/ (say ohld perzhuhn) noun the ancient Iranian of the Persian cuneiforms …
old persian — noun Usage: capitalized O&P : one of the two ancient languages composing Old Iranian and known from cuneiform inscriptions from the 6th and 5th centuries B.C. compare avestan … Useful english dictionary
Old Persian — noun Date: 1867 an ancient Iranian language known from cuneiform inscriptions from the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. see Indo European languages table … New Collegiate Dictionary
Old Persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbr.: OPers * * * … Universalium
Old Persian — Retired Code (ISO 639 3) : ope … Names of Languages ISO 639-3
