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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Example Sentences

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

In the west this older Middle Persian grew up out of the Old Persian, in the east out of the Old Bactrian.

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

In his own inscriptions, his name is given as Ḫiši'arši or Ḫiši'arša'i in Babylonian, and Khshayarsha in Old Persian.

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge

Under the Arsacids the Old Persian passed into Middle Persian, which at a later time was known by the name of the Parthians, the tribe at that time supreme in Persia.

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