Old Persian

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation): OPers.

Proper noun

Old Persian

1. The ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language. Attested in Old Persian cuneiform, in the period 525 B.C.E. - 300 B.C.E..
   • 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 492:

     The oldest reliably dated citation is part of the Behistun inscription of Darius the Great (died 486 B.C.), which is given in transliterated Old Persian in the entry for Aryan.

Translations

ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language

• Armenian: հին պարսկերեն (hin parskeren)
• Dutch: Oudperzisch (nl) n
• Finnish: muinaispersia
• French: vieux perse (fr) m
• Georgian: ძველი სპარსული (ʒveli sṗarsuli), ძველი სპარსული ენა (ʒveli sṗarsuli ena)
• German: Altpersisch (de) n
• Hungarian: óperzsa (hu)
• Japanese: 古代ペルシア語 (godai Perushiago)
• Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎹 (Ariya)
• Persian: فارسی باستان (fârsi-ye bâstân), فارسی قدیم (fârsi-ye qadim)
• Polish: staroperski (pl) m
• Russian: древнеперсидский (ru) (drevnepersidskij)
• Spanish: persa antiguo m
• Swedish: fornpersiska (sv) c

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Persian terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code peo (SIL)