Old Persian

American  

noun

1. an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. OPers

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Old Persian British  

noun

1. an ancient language belonging to the West Iranian branch of the Indo-European family, recorded in cuneiform inscriptions of the 6th to the 4th centuries _bc See also Middle Persian

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Old Persian

So deep do the Iranian roots of nirvana run that even the English word “paradise” comes from paridaida, the Old Persian term for walled garden.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022

Charlie Appleby, his trainer, has a 50% strike-rate in Breeders’ Cup races and has been aiming Old Persian at Saturday’s race for many months.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 1, 2019

On the eastern spur of this mountain wall, in a fertile plain, six leagues long and four leagues broad, lay Ecbatana, Old Persian Hangmatana, i. e. place of assembly, the Achmeta of the Hebrews.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max

Darmesteter makes the word Old Persian, denoting "law."

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

A few years later he revised it again, but his memoir upon it and upon the other Old Persian texts was not ready for publication till 1845.

From A Primer of Assyriology by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)